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Ethical Will
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It is known that our teacher and rabbi, the gaon, exemplar of his generation, the rabbi and teacher Judah bar Bezalel, who is known as R. Loew of Prague, of blessed memory, in several places in his…

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Jacob Horowitz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

ca. 1622

Subjects:

Torah study, Talmud, Prophets & prophecy, Oral Torah, Ritual & observance, Ethics, Law, Wills & testaments

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Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Science & philosophy, Ethics
The Legends of the Tannaim
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Dedicated to Dr. Zunz, the grandmaster of Jewish scholarship, on his 90th birthday.

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Wilhelm Bacher

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1884

Subjects:

Aggadah, Bible, Jewish identity, Talmud, Midrash, Education

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Pedagogy & Schooling
Ethical Will
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The study program of a Torah scholar should follow roughly this order: the Bible, as mentioned above, and the entirety of the Mishnah, as stated above. He should even complete the Orders of the…

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Jonah Landsofer

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

Beginning of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Torah study, Scholarship, Talmud, Oral Torah, Education, Ethics, Law, Wills & testaments

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Science & philosophy, Ethics
Kitsur shene luḥot ha-berit (Abridged Two Tablets of the Covenant)
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There are a few Torah scholars who are rich in knowledge and whose mental grasp is abundant, while others do not possess an intellectual grasp akin to theirs, for everyone possesses mental grasp in…

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Yeḥiel Mikhel Epstein

Places:

Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)

Date:

1683–1693

Subjects:

Talmud, Scholarship, Language & linguistics, Education, Yiddish, Ethics

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Ethics