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The three problems that I first asked are explained in regard to all of that which I have said. The first: Why is it called the “Holy Land” and the “Holy Temple”? This is according to the fact that it…
Contributor:
Isaac Karo
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
Date:
Beginning of the 16th Century
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A male child becomes obligated to observe the commandments at the age of thirteen years and one day. Therefore, on the first day of his fourteenth year, a father grasps his son in his hand and says,…
Contributor:
Ben Ish Ḥai
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
ca. 1894–1898
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There is no denying that under the influence of this enthusiasm for America, the disintegrating process of the Melting Pot is taking place in large measure. That it is not, fortunately, taking place…
Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1909