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6. “It is proper,” etc. The phraseology employed by the Tur is “And one should cover one’s head so that one should not be in a state of bareheadedness”—this is taken from the words of the Ba‘al ha-…
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Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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ca. 1803
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Our dear brethren, Children of Israel, perhaps the time has now come to repair the breaches in our ranks; let us return to uphold the Torah of the Almighty with all our strength. Who will be the…
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Ḥayim of Volozhin
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Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)
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1803
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I have always regretted one thing. When I ponder the Hebrew literature of all periods I ask myself: Why is it that our forefathers, who spent so much time on the study of matters of religion and law…
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Simon Dubnov
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1891
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The problem concerning the establishment of a Higher School for Jewish studies, which was recently raised by the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia (OPE), should be…
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Ben-Zion Dinur
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1917