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Precisely in the case of a new and difficult question like “Jewish folk-music,” [ . . . ] it is necessary to establish as much as possible [its] specific, objective characteristics . . . You make fun…
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Joel Engel
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1901
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What do we call folk songs? Of course, these are the songs sung by the people. The songs can either come from unknown authors of the ancient, forgotten past . . . or these can be recently written…
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Joel Engel
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1901
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Question: Whether in those marriages contracted under civil marriage law—without betrothal according to the rite of Moses and Israel—the woman can leave without a get [Jewish religious writ of divorce…
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David Tsvi Hoffmann
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1899
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Now, the editor [of the Maḥzike hadas journal] suggested that we keep away from the people of this generation, that is, separate from one another entirely, just as Abraham separated from Lot [see…
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Naphtali Tsvi Yehudah Berlin, the
Places:
Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)
Date:
Late 19th Century