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The Making of This Book
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What makes a book like this more than just a collection of excerpts, strung together interchangeably? What makes it a book? If I were to say it had been a matter of selection, who would venture to…

Contributor:

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1959

Subjects:

Writing, Profession, Theology, Kabbalah, Oral Torah, Anthologies

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Anthologies
Introduction to Ben Ish Ḥai’s Sefer da‘at u-tevunah (Book of Knowledge and Understanding)
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This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…

Contributor:

Jacob ben Ḥayim

Places:

Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Education, Rabbis, Torah study, Jewish identity, Anthologies

Categories:

Anthologies