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There is a matter well known and widely publicized among all those who have come through the gates of our city, Constantinople [Istanbul], may God preserve it. . . . [I]t occurred about two years…
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Isaac Akrish
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1858
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The Birth of the Ba‘al Shem Tov
One of the greatest phenomena, running like a thread throughout the spiritual history of the Jewish people, is mysticism, a remnant of ancient mythology, which could…
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Avraham Kahana
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Zhitomir, Russian Empire
(Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
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1900
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Besides these, there are students of outstanding ability in their Torah study seated constantly in his presence—they are swifter than eagles and mightier than lions, each…
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Ezekiel Paneth
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1805
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According to the workings of the natural order there are three periods through which each primordial nation passes from the time it comes into being until it passes from the scene and perishes:
- The…
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Nachman Krochmal
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Tarnopol, Austrian Empire
(Ternopil, Ukraine)
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1800-1840
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In the year 5121 (1361 CE), Sultan Murad I conquered the great city of Adrianople—called Edirne by the Turks and Endirne by the Jews…
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Salomon Rosanes
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Sofia, Ottoman Empire
(Sofia, Bulgaria)
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1914
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There are facts of such an overwhelming power that even the most stubborn opinion must yield to them. Such a fact is the origin of Judaism in the midst of rude surroundings, like a vigorous…
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Abraham Geiger
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Frankfort, German Confederation
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
(Wrocław, Poland)
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1864
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In those days a new light shone forth over the skies of Polish Jewry—R. Solomon Luria. [ . . . ] This great rabbi was one of those unique individuals, one of those few men of virtue that not every…
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Ḥayim Tchernowitz
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1898