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Our maskilim did not understand this, and that is why the shtrayml triumphed over them. In the end all of them returned to tradition. Peretz no longer laughs like he used to. He immersed himself in…
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Ya‘akov Ze’ev Latski-Bertholdi
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1914
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This Sixth Part is the last part of the “First Period” of Jewish history, which we have called “Israel in its Land.” Part Seven, which follows, will be the first part of…
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Ze’ev Yavetz
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1902
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When a woman has within herself as much of what is masculine as a man has within himself of what is feminine—i.e., what he lacks in Masculinity, then in their sexual union the divided parts of M and F…
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A. Vayter
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1908
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I found it written somewhere that the eleven offerings brought on Rosh ḥodesh [the New Moon] correspond to the eleven extra days of the solar year over and above those of the…
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Moses Isserles
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Lithuania)
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1570
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On the twenty-fourth day of the counting [of the Omer] may there be tranquility and pleasantness in your chamber of Torah. The handmaids of the emperor’s house would sing his praises: “no eye-shadow…
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Solomon Luria
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Mid–16th Century
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On the thirty-third day of the counting [of the Omer, i.e., Lag b’Omer]. May there be tranquility and pleasantness in your chamber of Torah. May God continuously save the beautiful pearl, for whom the…
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Moses Isserles
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Mid–16th Century
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Gentlemen! Although I do not for a minute doubt that the majority of those present here know of the great worldwide workers’ holiday of “May 1st,” I nevertheless do not consider it redundant to remind…
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Unknown
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1892
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The Bund has inscribed on its banner the demand for equal civil rights for the Jews. At the Convention the opinion was expressed that Jewish Social Democracy deals with the needs of the Jewish…
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The Bund
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Kovno, Russian Empire (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Date:
1899