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May he be written and sealed immediately for good, long life—the honored rabbi, the splendid gentleman, the sharp and erudite, God-fearing, distinguished, may his name be honored, our teacher, R…
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Ḥayim Soloveitchik
Places:
Brisk, Russian Empire (Brest, Belarus)
Date:
1900
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With the grace of God, Friday, before the Shabbat of the reading of Noah, 5672 [1911].
To our fellow Hasidim (in the city of Turov),
My stomach turned and my ears burned on hearing the terrible news…
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Israel Perlow
Places:
Stolin, Russian Empire (Stolin, Belarus)
Date:
1911
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God bless. Lida, 17th of Tammuz 5664
To the distinguished editor, the great and wise rabbi, may his name be praised and glorified, etc., our teacher R. David Katzburg, publisher of the journal Tel…
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Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines
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Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)
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1903
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We must not repeat the mistake made by western Jews . . . in denying their nationality and in assimilating completely in all areas of life except religion. . . . We eastern Jews have seen all the…
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Simon Dubnov
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1906
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June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]
Dear Sir:
Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)
Date:
1888
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I traveled from Odessa by boat for eleven days until we arrived in Jaffa—this was the path taken by the Russian company’s ships. However, this was not the true length of the journey, which was in fact…
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Mordechai ben Hillel ha-Kohen
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1890
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To the Poet Yehuda Leib Levin (“Yehalal”)
Warsaw, Wednesday, Heshvan 5655, 1894
Dear Sir and distinguished author,
Recent years have shown us that the national movement is not merely failing to…
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Shmaryahu Levin
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1894
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Grieve not at all on my departure for the Land of Israel (may it be built and established!). You gave me indeed a firm promise to that effect. And why should you be anxious? Many men travel years long…
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Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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ca. 1797
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Kovno, Thursday, 20 Heshvan 5629 [5 November 1868]
His Honor, the Great Sage and Sweet Singer of Israel,
Judah Leib Gordon, greetings!
My dear esteemed gentleman! While I was still in Suwalki…
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Miriam Markel-Mosessohn
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Kovno, Russian Empire (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Date:
1868
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I had recently published my work Ḥeker davar, and for other reasons, I was compelled to seek out the city of my birth, Vilna, and…
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Abraham Uri Kovner
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1868