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Igeret ha-yeshiva (Epistle on the Yeshiva)
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Our dear brethren, Children of Israel, perhaps the time has now come to repair the breaches in our ranks; let us return to uphold the Torah of the Almighty with all our strength. Who will be the…

Contributor:

Ḥayim of Volozhin

Places:

Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)

Date:

1803

Subjects:

Education, Scholarship, Torah study, Talmud, Halakhah, Theology

Categories:

Theology, Pedagogy & Schooling
Portrait of Hezekiah da Silva
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Born in Livorno, Tuscany, in 1656, Hezekiah ben David de Silva was a scholar best known for his halakhic work Peri ḥadash (New Fruit). De Silva studied in Syria and later headed a yeshiva in Jerusalem…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1690

Subjects:

Painting, Portrait, Scholarship, Jewish identity, Halakhah, Education

Categories:

Painting, Pedagogy & Schooling
Portrait painting of bearded man in turban holding a book and facing viewer.