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Concerning the origin of the religion of Israel [Yi-tz’ u-lo-yeh], it has come from a distant past.
It began with Adam [A-tan], who was a descendant of P’an-ku in the nineteenth generation, and it was…
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Unknown
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Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)
Date:
1663
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[ . . . ] 5. When one wishes to go to the synagogue, he should say, “I will go to the synagogue for the sake of the unification of the presence of the Holy One and to raise it from its fall,” as…
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Joseph Yuspa Hahn Nordlingen
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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17th Century
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And we may remove the [Seder] table, so that the young child should express wonder at why we are removing the table; for surely it would be appropriate to eat now that we are already…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Prague, Czech Republic)
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End of the 16th Century
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At the beginning of Purim, after evening prayer near the time when it gets dark, the charity warden brings with him an assortment of candles that are painted and nice looking, and he…
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Yuspa Shamash, Yuspa Shamash
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
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17th Century
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On the eve of the fourteenth [of Nisan], after reciting the evening prayer, you must light a wax candle and recite the blessing on removing your leavened foods. Then you must search in your room and…
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres, Solomon Adahan
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Tétouan, Safavid Empire (Tétouan, Morocco)
Date:
1735
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Their custom on the night of Purim was for each individual to pray in his own private domain and home, and…
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Aryeh Leyb ben Daniel, Francesco Griselini, Ḥayim Abulafia
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1736
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I will begin by praising God
Who created us all.
I will begin with the Ten Commandments
Which God, Blessed be He,
Gave to us by the hand of Moses.
All of us stood at Mount Sinai,
Each individual…
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Wife of Gershon Sheyndele
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685
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In the new religious revival, the theologians and philosophers have it easy; they can battle about the nature of revelation endlessly in the pages of Commentary. Parents and householders, on the other…
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Ruth Gay
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1951
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1. “If you’re planting a tree and you hear Mashiah has come, first finish planting and then run to the city gates to tell him Shalom” (Yochanan Ben Zakkai).
Therefore: Plant a tree somewhere as a…
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Arthur Waskow
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1973
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On the morning of the twelfth day, the child is bathed and laid in a cradle with the repetition of the word Beshem Adonai that is, “in the…
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Haeem Samuel Kehimkar
Places:
Bombay, British India (Mumbai, India)
Date:
1897–1937