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Says Moses, son to my Master, my father, R. Israel—may the memory of the righteous be for a blessing for the world to come—seeing that the illustrious author [Joseph Karo] of the Bet Yosef [Th…
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Joseph Karo, Moses Isserles, Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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ca. 1570
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Behold, I am aged and gray-headed—I know not the day of my death [see Genesis 27:2]! And when am I going to provide for my own house (Genesis 30:30), which I built, and for my children…
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Joel Sirkes
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1631–1640
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A sealed Torah was given to us; it is doubtless a Torah of Truth but it is disguised. Every day the Holy One, blessed be He, renews those who study it for its own sake and they find a new taste in it…
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Moses Sofer
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Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)
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1809
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I have always regretted one thing. When I ponder the Hebrew literature of all periods I ask myself: Why is it that our forefathers, who spent so much time on the study of matters of religion and law…
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Simon Dubnov
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1891
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Joseph Karo, Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1721/23
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Our dear brethren, Children of Israel, perhaps the time has now come to repair the breaches in our ranks; let us return to uphold the Torah of the Almighty with all our strength. Who will be the…
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Ḥayim of Volozhin
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Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)
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1803
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Since the theme of the Noachide commandments has arisen for consideration, I shall mention here what I presented before the assembly of rabbis in the great city [Paris] in the year 5567 [1807], and it…
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Aaron Worms of Metz
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Metz, Kingdom of France (Metz, France)
Date:
1831
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The study program of a Torah scholar should follow roughly this order: the Bible, as mentioned above, and the entirety of the Mishnah, as stated above. He should even complete the Orders of the…
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Jonah Landsofer
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Beginning of the 18th Century
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This book is a translation of all the Laws that are necessary for people of whatever sort. Translated from the book written by the accomplished sage who edited and expanded the Law in…
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Mid–16th Century
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When the Lord enlarged the border of the Jewish people, and they increased and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with knowledge of the Lord [see Exodus 1:7; Isaiah 11:9] by the…
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David ben Samuel ha-Levi
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Ostróg, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Ostroh, Ukraine)
Date:
1646