Showing Results 1 - 4 of 4
Public Access
Text
The Hasid praises the Almighty on the right hand, and the unbeliever tosses away and truncates the principles of faith on the left, while the Torah scholar, standing in the center, maintains silence…
Contributor:
Moses Sofer
Places:
Pressburg, Austrian Empire
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
ca. 1820s
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
We live in a time of a universal striving for science and civilization, and the spirit of the time warms the hearts of everyone alike with its breath. It permeates the depths of the soul and reason…
Contributor:
Israel Leon Grosglik
Places:
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1869
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
In 1867, starting in Austria, the idea of equality made its way into normal constitutional life in Galicia. This wasn’t an easy thing to accomplish, due to prejudices that had been cultivated over…
Contributor:
Meir Balaban
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1931
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
Besides these, there are students of outstanding ability in their Torah study seated constantly in his presence—they are swifter than eagles and mightier than lions, each…
Contributor:
Ezekiel Paneth
Places:
Date:
1805