Showing Results 1 - 10 of 21
Restricted
Text
Some time ago I came here to the holy congregation of Amsterdam and I visited the schools of the Sephardim a number of times. There I saw “giants [in scholarship]: tender children as small as…
Contributor:
Shabbetai Meshorer Bass
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1680
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
[Question:] A certain gentleman, a close and trusted friend, a Torah scholar who had read scripture, learned Mishnah, and ministered to many learned talmudic scholars, invited me to come to the holy…
Contributor:
Jacobus Houbraken, Yair Ḥayim Bacharach
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
Date:
1699
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
There’s a fire in the hearth
Warm and cozy as it gets
The rebbe teaches children
The Hebrew alphabet
Contributor:
Mark Varshavsky
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire
(Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1900
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
At the beginning of the month of Tammuz 5349 [began June 15, 1589], in order not to remain idle, I began to give lessons in Torah to the son of Manasseh Levi of blessed memory and to Joseph the son of…
Contributor:
Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1618–1648
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
In my opinion, there is no person in this world, whether he is a sage or a…
Contributor:
Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1612
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
Regarding the other matters, the congregation, may God preserve it, in every single community, according to its size and wealth, will contribute toward the construction of permanent houses of study…
Contributor:
Moses Morawchik
Places:
Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1635
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
I have merited to make this book, which I named Kol sasson [The Voice of Gladness], for the reason that our masters of blessed memory said that it is obligatory for everyone…
Contributor:
Mordechai Seror
Places:
Algiers, French Protectorate of Algeria
(Algiers, Algeria)
Date:
1884
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…
Contributor:
Jacob ben Ḥayim
Places:
Date:
1911
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
Gentlemen! This Shabbat, with God’s help, I decided to continue in the interpretation of the article by the blessed teacher Rabbi Meir, may his merit protect us, amen, who said that “whoever is…
Contributor:
Joseph Messas
Places:
Meknes, Morocco
Date:
1953
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
Bylaws of the Holy Society for Torah Study of the holy community of Kraków, instituted by our rabbis, the Rema [Moses Isserles], ha-Baḥ [Joel Sirkes], known by the title of his book, Bayit ḥadash [Ne…
Contributor:
The Talmud Torah Society of Kraków
Places:
Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1635