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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…
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Yom Tov Tzahalon
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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17th Century
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Prepare the feast
of perfect faith,
the delight of the Holy King.
Prepare the feast of the King.
This is the feast
of the Ancient Eminence;
the Lesser Presence and Field of Apples
assemble…
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Isaac Luria
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ca. 1565
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“R. Isaac said, etc.” In Genesis Rabbah it says: “Even though there is not a single superfluous narrative in the Torah—not even ‘the sister of Lotan was Timna’”—for it says in Sanhedrin Chapter ḥelek…
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Judah Loew
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1578
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Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua; Joshua to the elders; the elders to the prophets; and the prophets transmitted it to the men of the Great Assembly. They said three…
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Ovadiah of Bartenura
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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16th Century
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Reform Judaism is the second historical distortion of the Jewish religion. For the service of God through Torah and Mitzvoth as the end of religion, the Reform movement substitutes an end the Jewish…
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Yeshayahu Leibowitz
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1975
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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…
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David Golinkin
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New York City, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1986
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The Falashas of Ethiopia have attracted considerable attention because of their Judaic religious practice, yet the relationship of their liturgy to normative Judaism remains underdetermined. This…
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Kay Kaufman Shelemay
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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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We must emphasize the impact Jews are having on the town of Jaffa. Those who knew Jaffa in the past can testify that the town owes a lot to the Jews; its appearance has changed dramatically over the…
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Ze’ev Smilansky
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine
(Jaffa, Israel)
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1906
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Just as King David combined his ability as warrior with his sacred liturgical activity, so nowadays physical exercise done to provide the Nation with strength and the spiritual exercises of the…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1904–1914