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This is the statute of the Torah . . . זאת חקת התורה—It should say זאת חקת הפרה (“this is the statute of the heifer”), as it says elsewhere “this is the statute of the Passover” (Exodus 12:43)! And if…
Contributor:
Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1610
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We read in Proverbs:
If you make your ear attentive to wisdom
And your mind open to discernment;
If you call to understanding
And cry aloud to discernment,
If you seek it as you do silver…
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Judah Loew
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1595
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And this, too, must be said, that the main reason for establishing the days of Hanukkah is because they [the Jews] were victorious over the Greeks. However, it did not appear that the victory was…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1600
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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)
Date:
1713