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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…
Contributor:
Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1890
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“God’s writing engraved on the
tablets”—read not harut (engraved)
but herut (freedom).
—Sayings of the Fathers VI, 2
Among all the problems of present-day Jewish life, that of youth’s attitude…
Contributor:
Martin Buber
Places:
Prague, Czechoslovakia (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1919
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Concerning the matter of prostitutes from the daughters of Israel—far be it from our straight paths—who dedicate a new ark curtain or Torah scroll cover, it is permissible from a legal point of view…
Contributor:
Raphael Aaron Ben Simeon
Places:
Alexandria, Egypt
Date:
1907/8
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Clara Asscher-Pinkhof, Leo Pinkhof
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1918