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I propose to set forth the faith of our ancestors—our prophets, our sages—forgotten by us these thousand years, because of the long duration of our exile. This faith was known to the Tannaim and most…
Contributor:
Abraham Michael Cardoso
Places:
Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
ca. 1670–1672
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The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso.
It was taught:
Rabbi Simeon cried, raised his voice, and said:
“Woe.” With these words which are…
Contributor:
Moses Cordovero
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century
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Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1533
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Luise Kaish
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1975
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Freud says that primal anxiety was toxic, and that the primal limitation was of inspiration. If the anxiety of influence be imaged as a lack of breathing space, then the voluntary limitation that…
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Harold Bloom
Places:
New Haven, United States of America
Date:
1975
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What should your intention be as you draw near to this wisdom?
Pursuing the straight path, dividing your time between Bible, Talmud, and this wisdom, partaking of each…
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Daniel C. Matt
Places:
Berkeley, United States of America
Date:
1995
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At a time when the worship of the dead letter degenerated into idolatry; at a time when men passed their lives in counting the verses, the words and the letters of the Law, at a time when the official…
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Adolphe Franck
Places:
Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1843
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The essence of divinity is found in every single thing—nothing but it exists. Since it causes every thing to be, no thing can live by anything else. It enlivens them; its existence exists in each…
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Moses Cordovero
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second half of the 16th Century
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Natan Hammerschlag
Places:
Moravia, Holy Roman Empire (Moravia, Czech Republic)
Date:
1691