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Sad is the man who forgets God
without waking from the dream of his error,
and of the evil that awaits him is never aware
until his sin of his death is the cause.
In his obstinate and…
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Aron de Chavez, Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1665
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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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And moreover, that which is called “external wisdom” is indeed the daughter of my father [see Genesis 12:20], a good doctrine (Proverbs 4:2) and a gift of God [see Ecclesiastes 3:13], who graces us…
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Willem Jacobsz, Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Candia, Republic of Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
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1629
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God created man so that man might know His majesty, which is the highest good: knowing Him, being able to love Him, and loving Him, being able to possess…
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Bernard Picart, Abraham Vaez
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Bayonne, Kingdom of France (Bayonne, France)
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1710
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The Lord spoke once more to His beloved people on the occasion of our teacher Moses wishing to see His divine glory: no man shall…
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Isaac Orobio de Castro
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1670
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Now we come to the clarification of the mishnah: “One may not expound upon forbidden sexual relations to three people”—and the Gemara explains that this is referring to the concealed aspects of…
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Eleazar Rokeaḥ
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1740
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ḥaver:Do you think languages are eternal, and have no beginning?
Kuzari:They are invented and instituted by common consent, rather than natural; this is evident from their composition of nouns, verbs…
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Jacob Abendana
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1663
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Zetim:How blessed and how happy must that man
A thousand times be called who acknowledges
One God alone, a single entity.
Gerizim:How happy and how blessed must he be
Who in God’s holy Law meditates
B…
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Reuel Jessurun
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1624
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What is this dream, which I have dreamt?
Who, indeed…
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Joseph Penso de la Vega
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1668