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According to the workings of the natural order there are three periods through which each primordial nation passes from the time it comes into being until it passes from the scene and perishes:
- The…
Contributor:
Nachman Krochmal
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Tarnopol, Austrian Empire (Ternopil, Ukraine)
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1800-1840
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Besides these, there are students of outstanding ability in their Torah study seated constantly in his presence—they are swifter than eagles and mightier than lions, each…
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Ezekiel Paneth
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Linsk/Lisko, Austrian Empire (Lisko, Ukraine)
Date:
1805
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A sealed Torah was given to us; it is doubtless a Torah of Truth but it is disguised. Every day the Holy One, blessed be He, renews those who study it for its own sake and they find a new taste in it…
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Moses Sofer
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Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1809
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The reason for this is that if they see Torah scholars, and those who repair the breaches in Jewish religious practice, voiding the Torah in accordance with the exigencies of time and place, they will…
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Moses Sofer
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Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1810
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And likewise I say: Whoever mingles teachings of Kabbalah with rulings of halakhah is liable for kilayim—sowing a forbidden mixture of seeds, “Lest the fullness of the seed you have sown be forfeited”…
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Moses Sofer
Places:
Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1835