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In Midrash ḥazit [Midrash Rabbah Song of Songs] it is stated:
And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; ye…
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Isaac Vega
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Nikopolis, Ottoman Empire
(Nikopol, Bulgaria)
Date:
1621
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Your Holiness,
As the Chief Rabbi of this community, whose history goes back thousands of years, I wish to express to you my intense satisfaction at the gesture you have wished to carry out today…
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Elio Toaff
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Washington D.C., United States of America
(Rome, Italy)
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1986
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Upon a lofty mountain ascent, O herald of Zion, raise your voice with strength, O herald of Jerusalem, raise your voice, fear not; say to the cities of Judah: “Behold your God” (Isaiah 40: 9).
Frien…
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Joseph Hirsch Dünner
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1905
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The Holy Fire, one of the greatest examples of religious resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, explores a theological explanation for Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.
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Kalonymus Kalman Shapira
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Warsaw, General Government
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1942
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Over and above all else we gather here tonight to dedicate ourselves to the loftiest hopes of our country, to renew unshakeable faith in the victory, early or late, of America and all the United…
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Stephen S. Wise
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New York, United States of America
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1942
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A Civil War–era Jewish leader defends the institution of slavery in the South based on his reading of the Hebrew Bible.
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Morris Jacob Raphall
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New York City, United States of America
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1861
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Doña Reina Mendes
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1593–1595
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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…
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Azariah Piccio
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1647
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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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Bernard Picart, Abraham Vaez
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Bayonne, Kingdom of France
(Bayonne, France)
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1710
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The three problems that I first asked are explained in regard to all of that which I have said. The first: Why is it called the “Holy Land” and the “Holy Temple”? This is according to the fact that it…
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Jacob ben Abraham Tsaddik, Isaac Karo
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Beginning of the 16th Century