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Michael Joseph Guzikov
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Lyady, Russian Empire
(Lyady, Belarus)
Date:
1827
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16. It is forbidden to read on Shabbos proverbs or parables of a secular character, erotic literature such as the book [by] Emanuel and likewise books about…
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Chofetz Chaim
Places:
Radin, Russian Empire
(Radun', Belarus)
Date:
1904
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Indeed, our human situation now stands on such a low level that we need not look either to intellectual or to outside factors to account for its stumbling blocks or confusions. Nowadays, if one is in…
Contributor:
Yoyzl Horowitz
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Novogrudok, Russian Empire
(Navahrudak, Belarus)
Date:
1914
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It is written: All the men of Israel . . . knit together as one man (Judg. 20:11). Just as one man is composed of many limbs, and when they become separated it affects the heart…
Contributor:
Shneur Zalman of Liady
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Liozna, Russian Empire
(Lyozna, Belarus)
Date:
Late 18th–early 19th century
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Our dear brethren, Children of Israel, perhaps the time has now come to repair the breaches in our ranks; let us return to uphold the Torah of the Almighty with all our strength. Who will be the…
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Ḥayim of Volozhin
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Volozhin, Russian Empire
(Valozhyn, Belarus)
Date:
1803
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
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Lyady, Russian Empire
(Lyady, Belarus)
Date:
ca. 1800
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We can see that our sages, of blessed memory, likewise declared the Torah a weapon, as it has stood by us, enabling us to emerge triumphant in the wars for our religious and moral existence, in which…
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Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines
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1913
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Now, aside from the fact that it is altogether impossible to interpret the matter of tzimtzum literally, for that would attribute corporeal events to the…
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
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Lyady, Russian Empire
(Lyady, Belarus)
Date:
1797
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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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May he be written and sealed immediately for good, long life—the honored rabbi, the splendid gentleman, the sharp and erudite, God-fearing, distinguished, may his name be honored, our teacher, R…
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Ḥayim Soloveitchik
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1900