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There is a certain Ḥayah [angelic being] in the firmament, who bears the sign of truth upon its forehead during the daytime, whereby the angels know that it is day, and in the evening, it bears the…
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Abraham Jacob Paperna
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Žitómir, Russian Empire (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Date:
1863
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The Gentiles abuse us and say that we are a foolish nation, not a wise one. They consequently slander the words of our sages, and say that whoever studies them becomes divorced from the norms of…
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Baruch ben Jacob (Baruch of Shklov) Schick
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1780
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Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor, Artist Unknown
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1576
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ca. 1629
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I found it written somewhere that the eleven offerings brought on Rosh ḥodesh [the New Moon] correspond to the eleven extra days of the solar year over and above those of the…
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Moses Isserles
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Lithuania)
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1570
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ca. 1550
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Nicolaus Copernicus, from [Polish] Prussia, was a great man, who was more proficient in the field of astronomy than all the wise men of his age. Indeed, all the wise men of our time unanimously attest…
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David Ganz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
Beginning of the 17th Century
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David Ganz
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
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18th Century
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I have divided this garment into three parts, all of which can serve as cloaks for the rabbis. I have arranged them in the following order: the first part is my commentary on the Guide…
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Mordechai Jaffe
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Poznan, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1603
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Now the daughter of the King of the Kittim, on hearing this, became highly enraged, and she said, “Is there any room to defend the cause of these people who were lacking in wisdom and set down a…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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First Half of the 18th Century