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Thus said Hananiah Eliyakim, son of our honorable teacher, R. Asael Refael (may the memory of the righteous be for a blessing) Rieti, from the city of Siena:
Will not God seek this out (Psalms 44:22…
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Hananiah Eliakim Rieti
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Luzzara, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Luzzara, Italy)
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1648
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1719
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Daniel Bomberg
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1520/3
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First, we will explain the reason for the custom of all Israel to read from Tractate Avot on these Sabbaths. We would like to analyze the meaning of the name of the tractate, why it is called Avot…
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Azariah Piccio
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1647
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O great mountain (Zechariah 4:7), the exalted and raised (Isaiah 52:13), precious cornerstone (Isaiah 28:16), my teacher, my rabbi, may the Merciful One guard and bless him, may God protect him and…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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1732
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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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It has been a belief universally shared by Israelites of all times that the Pentateuch was exclusively and entirely authored and redacted by the great prophet Moses; only the last chapter of…
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Samuel David Luzzatto
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Padua, Kingdom of Italy (Padova, Italy)
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1829
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The princes of the peoples gathered together [see Psalms 47:10] to restore the crown to its former glory and to pray in the great synagogue before sunrise, as was done previously and in past times…
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Ashkenazic Morning Watchers
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1635
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I have realized, and my attention has been drawn to the fact that many people say that the salvation of women is not on the same level as that of men, for their [women’s] knowledge is limited. They…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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ca. 1550
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Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1533