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One day I came back from my synagogue and sat down in my room to take breakfast—a bowl of milk and some bread, instead of the compote juice and butter cake that had been my customary…
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Mordechai Aaron Gintsburg
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1863
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The Gentiles abuse us and say that we are a foolish nation, not a wise one. They consequently slander the words of our sages, and say that whoever studies them becomes divorced from the norms of…
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Baruch ben Jacob (Baruch of Shklov) Schick
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1780
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When bloodletting is done at the right time, and when there is need for it, it promotes the health of the person, as I shall write about, God willing. When bloodletting is…
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Issachar Baer Teller
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1655
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Abortion is not murder, vociferous and repeated claims to the contrary notwithstanding. Abortion cannot be murder in Jewish law, because, as indicated above, murder is one of the three “cardinal” sins…
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David M. Feldman
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1986
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Paris, French Second Republic
(Paris, France)
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1850
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We will compose a little book that will also serve as an amusement when, in ten years’ time, we want to look back into the past and observe what we lived through. All people have a weakness for…
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Emanuele Levi
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Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia
(Asti, Italy)
Date:
1822–1823
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Although I have judged you, most serene Duke, to be the very wisest and most learned of all princes, and have perceived you to be very skilled in all of philosophy and the mathematical disciplines, it…
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David de Pomis
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1592
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Translated by David Malkiel.
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Isaac Lampronti
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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[…] We knew Dr. James had visited when we found our mothers in bed “resting,” an odd word, an odd event. When we left for school, they had no symptoms of cold or cough or pain; preoccupied perhaps…
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Kate Simon
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1982
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Benjamin came back with the same suitcase and the same few sets of underwear he had left with for Germany. He brought back everything—his illness included. The only thing he didn’t bring back were his…
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Joseph Buloff
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1972