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Those who seized the youths to put them into the army in the city where I was born, desired to have, as a residence for themselves, a house adjacent to the one in which my father…
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Abraham Ber Gottlober
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1880
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We recite the blessing “Who performed miracles for our forefathers, etc.” on Hanukkah and Purim, but we do not do so on Passover, even though the Exodus…
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Levi Isaac of Berdichev
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Slavuta, Russian Empire
(Slavuta, Ukraine)
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1798
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When Rabbi Zusya went to suffer the exile in Germany, he came to a city of Reform Jews. When they saw his ways, they mocked him and thought he was crazy. When he came into the synagogue, some of them…
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Elimelech of Lizhensk, Zusya of Annopol (Hanipoli)
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1902
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A major issue within the internal politics of the Russian government concerns the Russification of populations in our remote regions who follow different religions and are of other ethnic backgrounds…
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Ilya Orshanski
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
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1877
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“Why did God reveal the account of Creation to Israel? Because they said ‘We will do’ before ‘and we will understand’ (Exod. 24:7).”
This may be understood in the light of…
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Dov Ber of Mezritsh
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Mezhirichi, Russian Empire
(Velyki Mezhyrichi, Ukraine)
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1781
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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)
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1808
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“Blessed are you, God, God of our ancestors, the great, awesome, and holy God. You have bequeathed human understanding (da‘at ha-enoshit) to humanity. You have gifted us with the knowledge of your…
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Menachem Mendel Lefin
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Satanov, Russian Empire
(Sataniv, Ukraine)
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1809
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I had recently published my work Ḥeker davar, and for other reasons, I was compelled to seek out the city of my birth, Vilna, and…
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Abraham Uri Kovner
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
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1868
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“One morning—it was the fourth day of Hanukkah (the holiday of the Maccabees), when we were readying ourselves to celebrate the victory of our heroic ancestors, which was the capture of Antioch—the…
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Osip Rabinovich
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
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1859
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One of the most important things that the government has introduced in Russia to improve education among Jews is the decree that each community must choose a…
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Berish Rozenblum, Menashe Margolis
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
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1864