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Furthermore, with regard to a synagogue, one should be careful when leaving the synagogue not to leave with one’s back to the altar, where the Torah scroll is placed. Rather, one should face the holy…
Contributor:
Elijah de Vidas
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1579
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From the hour of distress (Psalms 118:5) as if [emerging] from the suffocating darkness of troublesome nightmares, we woke up; from the expanse, the lights of dawn welcomed us . . .
Lights from…
Contributor:
Simḥa Ben-Tsiyon
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1918
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The concept of Love is further explained in the Zohar [II, Ki Tissa, 190b], where it is stated as follows: The Torah contains within it love and brotherhood and truth. Abraham loved…
Contributor:
Elijah de Vidas
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1579