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Our maskilim did not understand this, and that is why the shtrayml triumphed over them. In the end all of them returned to tradition. Peretz no longer laughs like he used to. He immersed himself in…
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Ya‘akov Ze’ev Latski-Bertholdi
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1914
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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)
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1835
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With God’s help, may the Lord order blessing, life, and peace for the leaders and fine men, preeminent individuals, etc., and for their head, the Great Rabbi, etc.
Hear, congregation of the Lord and…
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Shomrei ha-Dos Society
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Sziget, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Sighetu Marmaţiei, Romania)
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1886
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These are the words of the covenant as a statute for Jacob, as an everlasting covenant for Israel; the Almighty spoke but once—and He will never alter His law—through the Torah and the ruling which…
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Bet Din of Hamburg
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
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1819
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In sum, many rabbis in these times understand nothing about the spheres and their workings, just as oxen and donkeys lack understanding [see Isaiah 1:3]. They have violated laws, broken statutes…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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First Half of the 17th Century
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The chief hypocrite of Russia who sold his soul and his ideas to the Hasidim for the price of 2,000 shekels wrote the following: “If any man says, I am a Jew in accordance with the law of Moses (Mende…
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Ephraim Deinard
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1899