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Since animals do not use these faculties [strength, speed, or cunning] for the purpose of [gaining] their livelihood, this shows that that which a man does with the strength of his body, and the sweat…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1599
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Thus said the author, Nehemiah ḥiya, son of my master, my father, Moses ḥayun: I myself know that all who see this book will be greatly astonished, and they will say, “Look at…
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Nehemiah Ḥiya Ḥayun
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1713
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And with this ethical teaching I saw fit to seal up the pillar of Torah, which in our generation is very much weakened, and on the verge of the abyss, as all its methods of study are corrupt from the…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1607
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Phineas Halevi
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Halberstadt, Holy Roman Empire
(Halbe Metze, Germany)
Date:
1716
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May His great name be blessed! Before everything, it occurred to His simple will to create worlds, for there is no king without a people, as it is said: In the multitude of people is the…
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Naphtali Bacharach
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1648
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In which it is explained that the essence of the Torah is the performance of the commandments, not intellectual knowledge; and also the reason why it is called the Talmud…
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Ḥayim ben Bezalel
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Friedberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Friedberg, Germany)
Date:
1588
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Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch
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Gross Meseritsch, Holy Roman Empire
(Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic)
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1728
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I adapted the above psalm to my situation, for the blessed Lord freed me from the Inquisition—although broken, I was released and free—where I saw eleven seeming penitents burned to death for heresy…
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David Abenatar Melo
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1626
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The sixth well contains mighty waters, ascending ever higher and prevailing, covering hills and mountain peaks, and turning into a stream breaking forth and flowing on all sides—a…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1598