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The communal treasurer stands on guard at the entrance to the rabbi’s home to make inquiry concerning every invalid or cripple, and by what name he is called. One can hear the noise of the people as…
Contributor:
David of Makev
Places:
Maków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Maków Mazowiecki, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1798
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I have observed that on account of our many sins these days, very many Jews have…
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Chofetz Chaim
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1897
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Rabbi Eliezer said: Whoever teaches his daughter Torah teaches her indecency [m. Sotah 3:4]
The rabbis wrote that this refers only to the Oral Torah; but the Written Torah—even though one should not…
Contributor:
Chofetz Chaim
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1918