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Hear, O Israel, descendants of holy ones: see that newcomers have recently arrived intending to make grapes, but instead have produced wild grapes [see Isaiah 5:2]. There is no local foundation for…
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Unknown
Places:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
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The great value of prayer is well known. It is formulated in the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings, and explained further in the words of our rabbis of blessed memory. It is called the service of…
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The Council of the Four Lands
Places:
Lublin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1617
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This magnificent maḥzor (holiday prayer book) was copied—and most likely decorated—by the scribe Isaac bar Mordechai ha-Kohen (Isaac Lankosh of Kraków). (In several places, the name “Isaac” has…
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Isaac Lankosh of Kraków
Places:
Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1560
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To cause a blessing to rest within your house, by virtue of your deeds in this world throughout your life; to include [a blessing in] the world to come, as indicated by the length of your days…
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Abraham ha-Levi Segal
Places:
Rzeszow, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeszow, Poland)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century