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Behold I request of all standing at the gate to knock,
And he who wishes to enter deep within this composition of mine,
Let him understand and be wise and contemplate the introduction I have composed…
Contributor:
Yeḥiel Heilperin
Places:
Minsk, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
ca. 1697
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They [the hasidim] study Kabbalah and Talmud diligently and successfully, and consequently they have among them excellent Talmud scholars. They also comprise three groups, each of them under one chief…
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Bonaventura Mayer
Places:
Regensburg, German Confederation (Regensburg, Germany)
Date:
1842
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[ . . . ] In regard to the boycott [of German goods], in my view, the rabbis ought to have stood aloof, at a distance, and not to have involved themselves with this at all, as this is an issue…
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Chaim Ozer Grodzensky
Places:
Vilna, Lithuania (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1933
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In those days a new light shone forth over the skies of Polish Jewry—R. Solomon Luria. [ . . . ] This great rabbi was one of those unique individuals, one of those few men of virtue that not every…
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Ḥayim Tchernowitz
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1898