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The purpose in view was, as may easily be gathered from the essays themselves, to bring under the notice of the English public a type of men produced by the Synagogue of the…
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Solomon Schechter
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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1896
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Enough, you fools and idiots, enough!
Why do you come to me with sage advice?
Are you still infants? Are you soiling still
Your diapers and sheets with excrement…
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Jacob Frances
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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17th Century
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There’s a fire in the hearth
Warm and cozy as it gets
The rebbe teaches children
The Hebrew alphabet
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Mark Varshavsky
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1900
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In my opinion, there is no person in this world, whether he is a sage or a…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1612
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At the beginning of the month of Tammuz 5349 [began June 15, 1589], in order not to remain idle, I began to give lessons in Torah to the son of Manasseh Levi of blessed memory and to Joseph the son of…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1618–1648
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The study program of this night has already been published and made known to the multitudes through the pamphlets that have been disseminated. And this custom has been disseminated throughout all of…
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Isaiah Horowitz
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1623
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And we, in our humble opinion, state that it was done well, although the labor was very great, and it ran very quickly, and according to our sharpness of wit at that time we examined it well, for we…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1524
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With God’s help, we undertook to print the Torah, prophets, and writings with the commentary by Rashi, of blessed memory, and also with a Yiddish commentary, to understand the simple verse as it…
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Menaḥem Man Amelander, Eliezer Soesman (Zusman) Rudelsum
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1725
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Regarding the other matters, the congregation, may God preserve it, in every single community, according to its size and wealth, will contribute toward the construction of permanent houses of study…
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Moses Morawchik
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Lublin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1635
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I have merited to make this book, which I named Kol sasson [The Voice of Gladness], for the reason that our masters of blessed memory said that it is obligatory for everyone…
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Mordechai Seror
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Algiers, French Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)
Date:
1884