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Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas…
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René Cassin
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Paris, France
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1948
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No matter what the body of the Nation, be it in the form of a kingdom or a republic, it comprises various classes of people; as for the nobles, who make the state blossom through commerce, increased…
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Isaac de Pinto
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1748
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These are the words of the covenant [see, e.g., Deuteronomy 28:69], the twenty-four enactments that the people of action of the holy society, which is in the holy city of Safed, may it be built and…
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Safed Kabbalists
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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ca. 1577
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We the undersigned have taken it upon ourselves to be in one society, to serve the Lord, may He be blessed, and to busy ourselves with His Torah day and night, in accordance with that which our…
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Students of Isaac Luria
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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1575
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The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law.The Congress contemplates the following means to the attainment of this end:
- The promotion, on suitable…
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The First Zionist Congress
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Basel, Switzerland
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1897
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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…
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Naphtali Tsvi Yehudah Berlin, the
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Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)
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Late 19th Century
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[By “war”] I mean concrete war—rather than a war of words or an incomplete war of demonstrations. I am not in denial regarding the existence of these words or those demonstrations, and neither do I…
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Murād Faraj
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1912
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Eretz-Israel [The Land of Israel] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural…
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Provisional Government of the State of Israel
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1948
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These are the words that the divine man Moses, R. Moses Cordovero, may his memory be for a blessing for life in the world-to-come, spoke concerning that which man should do and live by, and there are…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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Second half of the 16th Century