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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
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Pressburg, Austrian Empire
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1835
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For our great sins, a few days later we received the news of the terrible fire, which God caused to happen on the night of Rosh…
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Judah Alkalai
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1840
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How great is the benefit of the printing houses, for thanks to the power of the printing press, the Torah is enhanced everywhere in the world. The rabbis are certainly making the effort to produce…
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Judah Papo
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1870
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Ludwig Förster
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Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire
(Budapest, Hungary)
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1854–1859
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Artist Unknown
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Eidlitz, Holy Roman Empire
(Údlice, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1805
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Artist Unknown
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Sieniawa, Austrian Empire
(Sieniawa, Poland)
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1855
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I was born on 19 February 1758 in Nový Bydžov [in Bohemia] of well-to-do parents who destined me at birth to be a rabbi, a common practice among the Israelites then. For at that time, when all…
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Peter Beer
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Prague, Austrian Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1839
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Thus I went to all the tsadikim and I heard what they say in secret, and I also took the letters that they or those who serve them sent to one another and they didn’t see, because by means of the…
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Joseph Perl
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1819
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Thus there are two kinds of truths, equally ascertained, and therefore equally admissible; the one proceeding from intellect and called rational truth, the other formed in the heart, and called moral…
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Isaac Samuel Reggio
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Gorizia, Austrian Empire
(Gorizia, Italy)
Date:
1853
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374. No man, in isolation, can gain for himself the means through which to satisfy his physical needs and develop his spiritual strength; he…
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Herz Homberg
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1812