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I cannot refrain from relating an amazing, true story that I heard from that mouth of sanctity, the most outstanding disciple of our Holy Master, the rebbe, my dear friend—may…
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Israel ben Samuel of Shklov
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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1836
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Art, which gives men the means to persevere and cure some sicknesses, seems nowadays to depend on philosophy, which is that great and clear source that produces all that is luminous and useful. I am…
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Joseph Vita Castelli
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Livorno, Holy Roman Empire (Livorno, Italy)
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1774
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Bernhardi:I beg your pardon, gentlemen; a visitor whom I have to receive. Please dine—Oscar, have the kindness—
[All enter the dining-room. Bernhardi closes the door and pulls the portiere. Enter Pr…
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Arthur Schnitzler
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1912
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The figurative underworld of a great city has no ventilation, housing or lighting problems. Rooks and crooks who live in the putrid air of crime are not denied the light of day, even though they…
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Fannie Hurst
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1915
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Boys, honor the pregnant woman. Treat her carefully and care for her, for who knows the merit of the essence already formed in the womb?
The greatest individuals on earth, pillars of society, and…
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Ḥayim Zuta
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1908
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The Ḥaydakim [Bacteria] and Their Characteristics[ . . . ] There are grounds for thinking that, apart from the absence of alcoholism, there are also race factors among Jews that play a certain role…
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Mordechai Borochov
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Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
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1913
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The memoir published here is a substantial and valuable addition to the scientific literature on cases of erroneous sex determination. For the first time, an intelligent person gives an exhaustive…
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Magnus Hirschfield
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
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1907
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The rule of the aforementioned fifth and sixth items, which concern going to bed and rising. It is stated and summarized from what has been said in the past, that sleep being so harmful…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1564
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On the signs of the plague and the poisonous fever that is called pestilence, and how a person should conduct himself to guard himself from them, in accordance with the nature of this lower…
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Abraham Yagel
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1587
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Salomon Saveri, Benedict de Castro
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
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1631