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With good reason the Jewish people have earned the highest title to which a nation can aspire, the honor of being called The People of the Book [Am ha-seyfer]. “Der Seyfer,” the book, has…
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S. An-ski
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1914
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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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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
Date:
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)
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1905
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To the princes and the honored ones, rulers of the people, the members of the charitable association in the ghetto of the holy community of Venice, may their Rock and Redeemer protect those who…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1619
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I have experienced in yishuvim [Jewish communities—Ed.] that old women are unable to keep the commandment of nido [menstrual purity—Ed.] properly. When they examine themselves and find a spot of blood…
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Elḥanan Kirkhhain
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Kirchhain, Holy Roman Empire (Kirchhain, Germany)
Date:
1727
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It is not the plan of this essay to discuss the millennium-old problem of faith and reason. I want instead to focus attention on a human-life situation in which the man of faith as an individual…
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Joseph B. Soloveitchik
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1965
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Of all religious phenomena, there are few which, even when considered merely from the outside, give such an immediate impression of life, richness and complexity as…
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Marcel Mauss
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Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1909