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Rabbi Elhanan related:
“I once asked the Hafetz Chaim:
“Granted that we are accustomed to a division of eras in Jewish religious history—the Tannaitic era separately, and the Amoraic era separately…
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Elhanan Wasserman
Places:
Baranovitsh, General Government for the Occupied Polish Region (Baranovichi, Belarus)
Date:
ca. 1939
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The Folkspartei (Folk Party), which championed the goal of Jewish national autonomy in the diaspora, was founded in Saint Petersburg in 1906 under the leadership of the historian Simon Dubnow and…
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Solomon Yudovin
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Vitebsk, USSR (Vitebsk, Belarus)
Date:
ca. 1918
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Signs of a new spirit among certain circles of the Jewish intelligentsia can be detected even in the private sphere, within the four walls of their homes. It happens—admittedly, not very often, but…
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Esther Frumkina
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Minsk, Russian Empire (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1908
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We can see that our sages, of blessed memory, likewise declared the Torah a weapon, as it has stood by us, enabling us to emerge triumphant in the wars for our religious and moral existence, in which…
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Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines
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Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)
Date:
1913
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God bless. Lida, 17th of Tammuz 5664To the distinguished editor, the great and wise rabbi, may his name be praised and glorified, etc., our teacher R. David Katzburg, publisher of the journal Tel…
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Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines
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Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)
Date:
1903
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Now, the editor [of the Maḥzike hadas journal] suggested that we keep away from the people of this generation, that is, separate from one another entirely, just as Abraham separated from Lot [see…
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Naphtali Tsvi Yehudah Berlin, the
Places:
Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)
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Late 19th Century