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Tiberias, Land of Israel
(Tiberias, Israel)
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ca. 925
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If one examines the biblical account of the origins of Israelite monotheism and the story of its battle with and eventual triumph over paganism, he will discover a…
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Yehezkel Kaufmann
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1937
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I believe I ought to go over the moment when I learned of his death once more.
A summer morning, the sky wide, June, last days of the school year. I rise late, faintly stunned, straight into the…
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A. B. Yehoshua
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1972
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Boris Schatz
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1911
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23 Tevet 5656This week we took a great step forward in the history of the national Hebrew school. From this day on, all subjects in the school in Jaffa will be studied in Hebrew. It is needless for us…
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Jaffa School Board
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine
(Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1896
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Shown here are two slightly different reconstructions of the Tabernacle based on the Bible’s descriptions; many details derive from educated guesses. The first shows the sanctuary compound with its…
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Biblical Period
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The Arad sanctuary today exists in ruins (image on left), and scholars have attempted its reconstruction (right). The sanctuary included a building with a broad hall approximately 35 feet (10.5 m)…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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When we speak about the economy of a given nation, about the German, French, or Polish economies, we don’t mean the economic lives of all the people belonging, according to their race, language…
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Bernard D. Weinryb
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1938
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These are the words of the insignificant man, Joseph Karo, son of the great R. Ephraim, son of the great R. Joseph Karo, may he be remembered for the life of the world to come.
I shall…
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Joseph Karo
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1563
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The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso.
It was taught:
Rabbi Simeon cried, raised his voice, and said:
“Woe.” With these words which are…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century