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The great work called Mishneh Torah by the rabbi, our master, Moses ben Maimon of blessed memory, comprises fourteen books.
Were it not that the Lord was with us (Psalms 124:1), the Torah might have…
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Daniel Bomberg, Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1509
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And we, in our humble opinion, state that it was done well, although the labor was very great, and it ran very quickly, and according to our sharpness of wit at that time we examined it well, for we…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1524
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Aernout Naghtegaal
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1683
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[ . . . ] I wrote yesterday to my friend, the illustrious rabbi, our teacher, Rabbi S. Ahronson, and to Rabbi Meir Hildesheimer himself, may his light shine, in a sharp tone, making it clear that I…
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Chaim Ozer Grodzensky
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Vilna, Republic of Lithuania (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1934
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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
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Baranovitsh, General Government (Baranovichi, Belarus)
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ca. 1939
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These lessons (of which the first forty-seven paragraphs were already published in the Rivista israelitica) were written in 1832 for the use of those youth who, upon completing their primary and…
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Samuel David Luzzatto
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Padua, Kingdom of Italy (Padova, Italy)
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1832
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A Civil War–era Jewish leader defends the institution of slavery in the South based on his reading of the Hebrew Bible.
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Morris Jacob Raphall
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1861
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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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In the year 5121 (1361 CE), Sultan Murad I conquered the great city of Adrianople—called Edirne by the Turks and Endirne by the Jews…
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Salomon Rosanes
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Sofia, Ottoman Empire (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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1914
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This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…
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Jacob ben Ḥayim
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
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1911