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The main foundation that you propose for your doctrine consists of the sin of Adam, in which you believe sin was perpetrated by all of the human species, which was contained in Adam, and of the sole…
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Isaac Orobio de Castro
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1670
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Abraham Menaḥem Kohen Porto to the prince and magnate, chieftain and nobleman, our teacher R. Menaḥem Azariah de Fano—may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him—greetings to his glorious excellency!
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Abraham Menaḥem Kohen Porto
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Cremona, Spanish Empire (Cremona, Italy)
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ca. 1574
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On occasion I have been asked: How can one so rooted in Jewish tradition, so at home with halakhic prescriptions and proscriptions…
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Blu Greenberg
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1981
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When there came to our notice the work composed and recently published by R. Azariah de’ Rossi, entitled Me‘or ‘enayim, which contains the sections: “The Voice of God,” “The Glory of the Elders,” and…
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Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1574
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In 1972, during the week that my eldest son, Yisroel, was to be Bar Mitzvaed, I received an invitation to address a convention of college students. Normally, I would have immediately accepted, but…
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Esther Jungreis
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New York, United States of America
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1982
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Altona, 24 Ab 5603
Chief Rabbi!
Messrs. Adler and Fuld, members of your congregation, asked for my opinion, from the Jewish-religious perspective…
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Jacob Ettlinger
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Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)
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1844