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Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
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Bielsk, Russian Empire
(Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
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1862
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And Joshua said unto all Israel: “Draw near,” etc.—Joshua 3:9.
In Midrash Genesis Rabbah, section 5 (Gen. Rabbah 5:7), it is stated: “Rav Huna said: ‘He stood them up between the two staves of the…
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Israel Salanter
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19th century
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This silk cushion cover, embroidered with metallic thread and metallic braid, is thought to have been made in Istanbul. Divided into two horizontal planes, with a narrow border running on three of its…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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Late 17th or Early 18th Century
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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18th Century
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1665–8
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God, Robin and me had the funniest time trying to decide. I mean it was bizarre. I suppose we had always assumed we would do it, but then, well, when you actually think…
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Jeremy Gavron
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
2002
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Ze’ev Raban
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1925
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In general, the power of the influence exerted by the Master, R. Mendele, on my revered father over many years since his return from (studying with) him, was very great. […
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Barukh Ha-Levi Epstein
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1926
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Yesterday, I dumped on my son the following story:
That my father was a cyclops and, of course, had one eye,
That my fifteen brothers wanted to devour me,
So, I barely got myself out of their…
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Jacob Glatstein
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1929
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Circumcision has so peculiar a veneration among the present Jews, that if all other parts of their Religion were to be changed, this like Mount…
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Lancelot Addison
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Milston, Kingdom of England
(Milston, United Kingdom)
Date:
1675