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Binah le-‘itim (Understanding of the Times)
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First, we will explain the reason for the custom of all Israel to read from Tractate Avot on these Sabbaths. We would like to analyze the meaning of the name of the tractate, why it is called Avot…

Contributor:

Azariah Piccio

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1647

Subjects:

Wisdom, Ritual & observance, Midrash, Oral Torah, Theology, Sermons

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Sermons
Mekits redumim (He Who Awakens the Sleepers)
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Thus said Hananiah Eliyakim, son of our honorable teacher, R. Asael Refael (may the memory of the righteous be for a blessing) Rieti, from the city of Siena: Will not God seek this out (Psalms 44:22…

Contributor:

Hananiah Eliakim Rieti

Places:

Luzzara, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Luzzara, Italy)

Date:

1648

Subjects:

Holidays, Hoshana Rabbah, Ritual & observance, Sukkot, Rabbis, Sermons, Theology

Categories:

Sermons, Theology