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If one examines the biblical account of the origins of Israelite monotheism and the story of its battle with and eventual triumph over paganism, he will discover a…
Contributor:
Yehezkel Kaufmann
Places:
Haifa, Mandate Palestine (Haifa, Israel)
Date:
1937
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. . . We believe that our outlook on social life in general is more refined and purer than that of contemporary civilized nations. Our family is sacred to us in a manner more profound than [is the…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1920
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The prophet of consolation prophesied (Isaiah 60: 4–5): “Lift up your eyes and look about; they have all gathered and come to you. Your sons shall be brought from afar, your daughters like babes on…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1925
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Well done! Hatsofeh was the first newspaper in Erets Yisrael to react to the indifference of the public in the Yishuv in general and the administration of the Jewish Agency in particular with regard…
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Elimelech Neufeld
Places:
Mandate Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1939
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I was honored to receive your request to express my opinion on the current question of electing women to the Jewish representative assembly…
Contributor:
Abraham Isaac Kook
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1919
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54. There are two paths toward faith; one is the absolutely true one, and the other is the rational one. The latter changes in accordance with the times. There are occasions when, if…
Contributor:
Abraham Isaac Kook
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1920
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This book seeks to unfold before the reader the scroll of Jewish valor, in both Israel and the diaspora, from the destruction of the Hebrew state to the harbingers of the renaissance of the…
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Israel Halperin
Places:
Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine (Palestine)
Date:
1941
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40. When the tradition concerning the opposition of the sea and its confederates to the will of the Creator of the…
Contributor:
Umberto Cassuto
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1943
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5703—Because of its horrors, all the preceding years of Hitler will pale in people’s memory, even 5677 [1917] and 5665 [1905], and even 5408 [1648] and 5252 [1492]. In none of these peak years of the…
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Zalman Shazar
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1943
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In my opinion, one cannot understand the development of the Science of Judaism except by taking note of the profound contradictions or, if you will, the unique dialectical tensions present within it…
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Gershom Scholem
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1944