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According to the rabbinic view, as soon as a boy has completed his thirteenth year he is required to fulfill all the ceremonial laws, although previously he was excused from some, was not permitted to…
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Isaac Asher Francolm
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Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
(Wrocław, Poland)
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1840
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At a time when the worship of the dead letter degenerated into idolatry; at a time when men passed their lives in counting the verses, the words and the letters of the Law, at a time when the official…
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Adolphe Franck
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1843
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I have realized, and my attention has been drawn to the fact that many people say that the salvation of women is not on the same level as that of men, for their [women’s] knowledge is limited. They…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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ca. 1550
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They are all seated in the parlour once again.
Alice:Alright, I have another idea. I propose we go around and describe the scene on New Year’s Eve one hundred years ago. What do…
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Michael Redhill
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Toronto, Canada
Date:
2001
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Most people are very wary of life, and try to avoid it. The conventional ways of doing this are many and varied:
Don’t drop bread on the floor!
Don’t waste…
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Amos Kenan
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1975
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Harvey Pekar
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Cleveland Heights, United States of America
Date:
1978
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In a long poem written in 1960, when I was thirty-one years old, I described myself as “Split at the root, neither Gentile nor Jew, / Yankee nor Rebel.” I was still trying to have it both ways: to be…
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Adrienne Rich
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1982