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And the sages have stated, in regard to the reward of those who serve the Almighty and carry out His will in this world, in Song of Songs Rabbah 6:8: Anyone who occupies himself with the Torah in this…
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Aaron Berekhiah of Modena
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
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1626
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“God’s writing engraved on the
tablets”—read not harut (engraved)
but herut (freedom).
—Sayings of the Fathers VI, 2
Among all the problems of present-day Jewish life, that of youth’s attitude…
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Martin Buber
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Prague, Czechoslovak Republic (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1919
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If being Jewish is to regain its meaning for Jews today, the Jewish community must be transformed. While it’s impossible to “know” the exact shape the new paradigm will take, we must begin, with…
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Barry Shrage
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Boston, United States of America
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1995
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Today, there again exists a serious threat that the differences within the world-wide Jewish community may end in schism.
The foremost reason for the gravity of the situation is the explosion in Jews…
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Irving Greenberg
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Waltham, United States of America
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1986
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I have been critical of the modern notions of the solitary self and self-validating universalism in the hope of permitting the consciousness of our particularity to…
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Eugene B. Borowitz
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New York, United States of America
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1991
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If we Jews had our patron saints, the priest-prophet Ezekiel would be the patron saint of those of us who are vitally concerned in the outcome of the present crisis in…
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Mordecai M. Kaplan
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New York, United States of America
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1948
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Unity and Development
Judaism can look back upon a history of some thousands of years. During this period it has learned much and experienced much. Its thought always…
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Leo Baeck
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1905
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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…
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Yom Tov Tzahalon
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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17th Century
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I, David, son of King Solomon of blessed memory, from the Khibur Desert, arrived at the gate of the State of Rome on the fifteenth day of the month of First Adar in the year 5584 [1524]. A…
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David ha-Reuveni
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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
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1520s
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And they permitted themselves to place a blemish in the holiness of heaven and the holiness of the study of the holy Torah, to place the filth of the primeval serpent, behaving according to their…
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Moses Ḥagiz
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1714