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On the eve of the fourteenth [of Nisan], after reciting the evening prayer, you must light a wax candle and recite the blessing on removing your leavened foods. Then you must search in your room and…
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres, Solomon Adahan
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Tétouan, Safavid Empire
(Tétouan, Morocco)
Date:
1735
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Israel is rejuvenated like the majestic
Eagle, in the Sapphire of faithfulness,
Flying in the goodness of observance,
Its gaze fixed on the…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1688
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The Israelites were fertile, wa-yishreṣu wa-yirbu wa-ya‘aṣmu very greatly, so that the land was full with them (Exod. 1:7).
“R. Isaac said, Whoever takes pleasure in an optional…
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Saul Levi Mortera
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1622
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Inasmuch as the members of the mahamad [board of governors] consider it a vile practice among us today for youngsters to strike with…
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The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1640
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To cause a blessing to rest within your house, by virtue of your deeds in this world throughout your life; to include [a blessing in] the world to come, as indicated by the length of your days…
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Abraham ha-Levi Segal
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Rzeszow, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Rzeszow, Poland)
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First Half of the 18th Century
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In summary, man was created not for his state in this world, but for his state in the world-to-come. His state in this world, however, serves as the means toward [attaining] his state in the world-to…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1738
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Genesis 1:26. Let us make man in our image, as our likeness.
Genesis 9:6. For in the image of God made he man.
Deuteronomy 4:15. And guard ye your souls greatly, for ye saw no manner of…
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Menasseh Ben Israel
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1633
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ḥaver:Do you think languages are eternal, and have no beginning?
Kuzari:They are invented and instituted by common consent, rather than natural; this is evident from their composition of nouns, verbs…
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Jacob Abendana
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1663
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Having with fervent desire sought to reflect on the meaning of our sacred scriptures according to their original and true meaning—since, being the word of God, in this lies all of…
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Jacob Judah Leon Templo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1671
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No one may accommodate non-Jews [in the synagogue] without the permission of the mahamad [board of governors].
In the past, it was promulgated that no person may get up from his place to go to greet…
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Pieter van den Berge, The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1640