Showing Results 1 - 2 of 2
Responsum: On Uniting European Jewry
Public Access
Text
Now, the editor [of the Maḥzike hadas journal] suggested that we keep away from the people of this generation, that is, separate from one another entirely, just as Abraham separated from Lot [see…

Contributor:

Naphtali Tsvi Yehudah Berlin, the

Places:

Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)

Date:

Late 19th Century

Subjects:

Exile, Sectarianism, Jewish identity, Migration

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Responsa
Responsa hatam Sofer: Orah hayim 51
Public Access
Text
And likewise I say: Whoever mingles teachings of Kabbalah with rulings of halakhah is liable for kilayim—sowing a forbidden mixture of seeds, “Lest the fullness of the seed you have sown be forfeited”…

Contributor:

Moses Sofer

Places:

Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Date:

1835

Subjects:

Halakhah, Rabbis, Scholarship, Kabbalah, Sectarianism

Categories:

Rabbinic commentary, Responsa, Law