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Sihah be-erets ha-hayim (A Conversation in the Afterlife)
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A dialogue in the land of the living between our teacher, R. Moses Maimonides, the Spaniard, and our Teacher Moses, son of Menaḥem [Mendelssohn] of Dessau, and an anonymous third person.On the day of…

Contributor:

Aaron Halle-Wolfsohn

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1794–1797

Subjects:

Theology, Philosophy, Talmud, Halakhah, Enlightenment

Categories:

Literature, Performing Arts, Theater/Drama
Sefer ha-ḥayim (The Book of Life)
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In which it is explained that the essence of the Torah is the performance of the commandments, not intellectual knowledge; and also the reason why it is called the Talmud…

Contributor:

Ḥayim ben Bezalel

Places:

Friedberg, Holy Roman Empire (Friedberg, Germany)

Date:

1588

Subjects:

Philosophy, Bible, Oral Torah, Wisdom, Halakhah

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Metaphysics