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Do not judge me so vain (O Reader) that, to make myself wise, I would publish my efforts for the world to see, especially when they open your eyes to their pathetic titles. For this is a…
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Angelo (Mordechai) de Soria
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Livorno, Holy Roman Empire
(Livorno, Italy)
Date:
1751
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Noble-mindedness is a very fine character trait in the soul of man, and it extends in many directions: primarily in three, which are, noble-mindedness in wisdom, noble-mindedness in power, and noble…
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Naphtali Herts Wessely
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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ca. 1780s
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[ . . . ] 2. When you stroll along the riverbank, you find an entire plain filled with reeds and bulrushes, all of which are standing erect, one adjacent to the other, and none of them…
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Menachem Mendel Lefin
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Satanów, Russian Empire
(Sataniv, Ukraine)
Date:
1808
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§181. In contradistinction to ritual holiness we have what has been called ethical holiness. The former is merely symbolic of an order of existence higher…
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Moritz Lazarus
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1898
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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…
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
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Liozna, Russian Empire
(Lyozna, Belarus)
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Late 18th–early 19th century
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I have realized, and my attention has been drawn to the fact that many people say that the salvation of women is not on the same level as that of men, for their [women’s] knowledge is limited. They…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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ca. 1550