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Rabbinic Reports on Circumcision
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Altona, 24 Ab 5603 Chief Rabbi! Messrs. Adler and Fuld, members of your congregation, asked for my opinion, from the Jewish-religious perspective…

Contributor:

Jacob Ettlinger

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1844

Subjects:

Talmud, Halakhah, Circumcision, Theology

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Theology
The Symptoms of the Time
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By emphasizing religious activity, Judaism is completely tied to life and becomes the property of every individual Jew. A religion of pure ideas belongs primarily to the theologians; the masses who…

Contributor:

Zechariah Fraenkel

Places:

Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (Dresden, Germany)

Date:

1845

Subjects:

Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, Jewish movements, Halakhah, Scholarship

Categories:

Theology, Historical writing