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502. Since our eyes have seen the great neglect of Torah among schoolchildren, caused by [not] printing of folios of the Gemara [with Rashi’s commentary], because the…
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Moses Belmonte, The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
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Most simply described, Bibliodrama is a form of role-playing in which the roles played are taken from biblical texts. The roles may be those of characters who appear in the Bible…
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Peter A. Pitzele
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Katonah, United States of America
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1997
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The fundamental issue surrounding the use of archaeological material to illuminate the Bible duplicates the classic Torah u-Madda question: How ought we to make use of wisdom or learning that can…
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Lawrence H. Schiffman
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New York, United States of America
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2003
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The present commentary on Leviticus is based on my lectures on Leviticus given at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin in 1873/4 and 1876/7. This fact explains the approach and the economy of my…
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David Tsvi Hoffmann
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1904
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I have not, however, addressed what may be the largest question raised by our map. Namely, is one orientation preferable—that is, is there a “best way” to teach the Bible? Of course, by its very…
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Barry W. Holtz
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New York, United States of America
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2003
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To his excellency, the great sage, the learned and famous rabbi
Adolf H. Neubauer, the Head Librarian
Of the Government Library in Oxford, England! My dear Sir and Rabbi!
Although I have not hitherto…
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Abraham Dubzhevitch
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1890
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I must now say something of the condition of the Jewish schools in general. The school is commonly a small smoky hut, and the children are scattered, some on benches, some on the bare earth. The…
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Solomon Maimon
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1792–1793
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From the day that God confused all the languages of the land [see Genesis 11:9], through the bitter and rapid exile of the expulsion from Spain, since then all good things have ended for us; our glory…
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Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1505/6
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And with this ethical teaching I saw fit to seal up the pillar of Torah, which in our generation is very much weakened, and on the verge of the abyss, as all its methods of study are corrupt from the…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1607
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The main point is that, since we are all irremediably inadequate to know the essence of God’s nature, all names (attempts to capture the Divine essence) are metaphors.
We can encourage children to “do…
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Saul Wachs
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Melrose Park, United States of America
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1998