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Indeed, in the countries where we reside, where the gentile women walk about bareheaded, but our mothers did not go out like that and were most careful on that score, concerned as they were about…
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Moses Sofer
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Pressburg, Austrian Empire
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1839
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In this way, in addition, the statement in the Talmudic chapter Ha-ro’eh (Berakhot 56) can be explicated: “There are three types of peace—a river, a bird and a cooking…
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Jacob Ettlinger
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
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1850
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Rabbi Yose said: I was once traveling on a road, and I entered one of the ruins of Jerusalem to pray. Elijah [the prophet], who is remembered for good, came and waited for me at the entrance [of the…
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Jacob Ibn ḥabib
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1516
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The translated text comes from the frontispiece, pictured here. It was presumably coauthored by Ricchi and the publisher, Solomon Proops.
Commentaries and novellae on the six orders of the Mishnah; a…
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Raphael Immanuel Ricchi
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Gorizia, Holy Roman Empire
(Gorizia, Italy)
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1731
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Abortion is not murder, vociferous and repeated claims to the contrary notwithstanding. Abortion cannot be murder in Jewish law, because, as indicated above, murder is one of the three “cardinal” sins…
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David M. Feldman
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1986
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“There is (thus) a zone of insecurity in human affairs,” remarks William James in his essay on The Importance of Individuals, “in which all the…
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Max Kadushin
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Madison, United States of America
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1938
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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)
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1831
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Avot 5:6: Ten things were created on the eve of the Sabbath at twilight: The mouth of the earth, the mouth of the well, the mouth of [Balaam’s] ass, the rainbow, the manna, the rod, the shamir-worm…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1589
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“An accepted custom in Israel has the status of a biblical command” [see Tosafot on b. Menaḥot 20b], and we are required to study it [see, e.g., b. Megillah 28a], in order to…
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Abraham Samuel of Venice
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1719
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As a general rule, however, the spirit and illuminating power of the zaddik affect and inspire only those of his generation who are favorably disposed toward him. They have…
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Isaac Judah Yehiel Safrin of Komarno
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Komarno, Austrian Empire
(Komarno, Ukraine)
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19th century