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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…
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Israel Leon Grosglik
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Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1869
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I want to tell you a good story that I heard on the first day of Succos. Someone told me he heard it from his father, a Hasid, and just forgive me, because I have to throw a lot of names at you, but…
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Shlomo Carlebach
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1985
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rebbe levi yitskhok
tsine, his wife
khayim, their son
gnendl, their daughter
taybele, their daughter
henekh yoel, gabbai
oyzer, butcher
zavl, butcher
itshe
mordkhe
moyshe
khveder…
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Peretz Hirshbein
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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The Messiah of Israel does not come to redeem men from some original sin they never committed, nor from sins which they can liberate themselves of every day, through divine mercy and their own powers…
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Dante A. Lattes
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Rome, Kingdom of Italy
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1923
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The city of N. is built in three rings. First ring: the marketplace at the very center. Second: surrounding the market, the great city proper with its many houses, streets, byways, back…
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Der Nister
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1939
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This book is intended as a description of a “traditional society”—that is, a society that saw itself as based upon a body of knowledge and a set of values handed down to…
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Jacob Katz
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1958
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“Why did God reveal the account of Creation to Israel? Because they said ‘We will do’ before ‘and we will understand’ (Exod. 24:7).”
This may be understood in the light of…
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Dov Ber of Mezritsh
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Mezhirichi, Russian Empire
(Velyki Mezhyrichi, Ukraine)
Date:
1781
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“Blessed are you, God, God of our ancestors, the great, awesome, and holy God. You have bequeathed human understanding (da‘at ha-enoshit) to humanity. You have gifted us with the knowledge of your…
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Menachem Mendel Lefin
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Satanov, Russian Empire
(Sataniv, Ukraine)
Date:
1809
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Thus I went to all the tsadikim and I heard what they say in secret, and I also took the letters that they or those who serve them sent to one another and they didn’t see, because by means of the…
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Joseph Perl
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1819
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
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Lyady, Russian Empire
(Lyady, Belarus)
Date:
ca. 1800