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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…
Contributor:
Abraham Isaac Kook
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1920
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The sea
tore a rib from its side
and said:
Go! Lie down there, be
a sign that I
am great and mighty.
Go
be a sign.
The canal
lies at my window,
speechless.
What can be sadder
than water
without…
Contributor:
Malka Heifetz Tussman
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1965
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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…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
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1919
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A recent discussion of our question concludes as follows:
In conclusion, women are not permitted under any circumstances to wear tefillin. In view of the fact that the Rema, the…
Contributor:
David Golinkin
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New York City, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1986
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What is the testimony that proves my guilt? The punishment itself. Although Naomi says that she must have been guilty, it’s as if she doesn’t really know what she is guilty of. It’s only when things…
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Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
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New York City, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1992
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On the beginning of the new rebbetzin’s life in Zhuzhikovka, the locals say:
She, the rebbetzin, was brought here a few years ago from some distant city in Poland.
There, in that city, the Polish one…
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Dvora Baron
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1927
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It was an afternoon in the middle of April when the accident occurred. The year was a leap year, rainy and warm, and on that summery spring day in the commune he had already been given the job of…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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1920
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This issue was the focus of controversy in eretz yisrael, and the whole land . . . quaked with the…
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Ben-Zion Hai Uziel
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ca. 1920
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Savta, grandma,
could it be our transparent skin,
skin that doesn’t protect the flesh,
not in the least.
This story of ours
has details that are better left untold,
it’s good to leave blots of…
Contributor:
Dahlia Ravikovitch
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New York, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1986