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The mystery of prayer on the days of Rosh Hashanah presents itself with characteristic familiarity: it reveals itself to those who want to fulfill it, and eludes those who want only to know it.
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Places:
Berlin, Nazi Germany (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1936
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God created man so that man might know His majesty, which is the highest good: knowing Him, being able to love Him, and loving Him, being able to possess…
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Abraham Vaez
Places:
Bayonne, France
Date:
1710
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One who exchanges good for bad and bad for good, and says that transgressions are really virtuous deeds, and that it is by this means that one can bring the Will of the Creator to fruition—such an…
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Ezekiel Landau
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1760
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For our great sins, a few days later we received the news of the terrible fire, which God caused to happen on the night of Rosh…
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Judah Alkalai
Places:
Semlin, Austrian Empire (Zemun, Serbia)
Date:
1840