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Devekut requires that there be no impediment between man and God; only then is devekut possible. As in the parable of the Besht, it is impossible to join silver coins together…
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Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk
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Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)
Date:
1814
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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 City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1899
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Boris Schatz
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1888
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The communal treasurer stands on guard at the entrance to the rabbi’s home to make inquiry concerning every invalid or cripple, and by what name he is called. One can hear the noise of the people as…
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David of Makev
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Maków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Maków Mazowiecki, Poland)
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ca. 1798
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In the blessing “With a great love hast Thou loved us,” we say, “and unify our heart to love and fear Thy Name.” This is apparently in contradiction to the principle…
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
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Leżajsk, Habsburg Empire (Leżajsk, Poland)
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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)
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1805
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What is the teaching of kabbalah and Hasidism if not expansion (Torat ha-harḥavah)? The tangible world should expand, the given worlds should increase, and this Torah that is written and passed down…
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Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
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1910–1918
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As in the case of Israel and the Torah, so in the case of G-d there are the apparent or conceivable attributes, and the hidden or inconceivable attributes.What is conceivable of the Divine Being is…
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Joseph Isaac Schneersohn
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
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1936
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Diversity is a characteristic feature of Orthodoxy today. Orthodox leaders and movements inspire the extremes of the Jewish political spectrum, from the supernationalism of Meir Kahane…
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Immanuel Jakobovits
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1989
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Rumors of my grandfather’s plan to depart for Palestine reached his wife and children shortly after the Russian revolution of 1905. [ . . . ]
The…
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Ita Kalish
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1965