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Contributor:
Samuel Benavente
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1699
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Wisdom rests quietly in a wise man (Proverbs 14:33); nothing which he purposes to do will be withheld from him [see Job 42:2]. I envisioned a man who was diligent in his labor, who was as bright as…
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Unknown
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Frankfurt- Oder, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Date:
End of the 17th Century
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Moise Gadol
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1916
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When I last occupied this pulpit I spoke on the text, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” I tried to indicate some of the stages by which this maxim became the Golden Rule of conduct, until it…
Contributor:
Israel Abrahams
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(London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1895
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Kinneret, 12 Nissan, 5674 [8 April 1914]
There was a time when the writing of a letter, like the receiving of a letter, was in itself like a holiday for me. I lived in letters—as I told you once and…
Contributor:
Aaron David Gordon
Places:
(Israel, Israel)
Date:
1914
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The behavior of the Jews in most places generally follows the behavior of the [local] Christians—(Sefer ḥasidim [Book of the Pious, 13th century] § 1106)
The present volume is a continuation…
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Moritz Güdemann
Places:
Vienna, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1880
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A crucial and fundamental principle is the proper rearing of children. The Torah has stated: And you shall teach them [the words of Torah] to your children (Deuteronomy 11:19), for that is the…
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Romeyn de Hooghe, Isaiah Horowitz
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1623
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Contributor:
Avrom Golomb
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1919
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Werner Sombart is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the Germany of to-day. Born in 1863, he has devoted himself to research in economics, and has contributed much that is valuable…
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Mortimer Epstein
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1913
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The Jews in Poland still have a very demanding and holy task ahead of themselves. Or, to be more exact, they have a holy, lofty, most important and most responsible mission. Hasidism was born in…
Contributor:
Hillel Zeitlin
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1916