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Igerot Shadal (Letters of Samuel David Luzzatto)
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I am a friend to all lovers of Torah and wisdom and my only desire and my complete salvation rest in disseminating the sources of the Torah in order that the earth will be full of the knowledge of God…

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Samuel David Luzzatto

Places:

Padua, Austrian Empire (Padova, Italy)

Date:

1851

Subjects:

Prayer, Print, Diaspora, Ritual & observance, Scholarship

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Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Responsa binyan tsiyon (Responsa: Building Zion)
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The Holy Community of Altona, Friday, 29 Marheshvan 5621[14 November 1860] To my dear friend, father of my son-in-law, the distinguished rabbi, our Teacher, R. Shemaryahu Zuckerman, may his…

Contributor:

Jacob Ettlinger

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1860

Subjects:

Halakhah, Karaites, Ritual & observance, Apostasy, Food and drink

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Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Menorat zahav (Golden Menorah)
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When Rabbi Zusya went to suffer the exile in Germany, he came to a city of Reform Jews. When they saw his ways, they mocked him and thought he was crazy. When he came into the synagogue, some of them…

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Elimelech of Lizhensk, Zusya of Annopol (Hanipoli)

Places:

Hannopil’, Russian Empire (Hannopil', Ukraine)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Food and drink, Kashrut, Reform Judaism, Hasidism, Ritual & observance

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Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Religion & Theology
Letter from Jerusalem
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How goodly are the tents of Jacob, the dwelling-places of Israel (Numbers 24:5), the synagogues and study houses in Jerusalem, that from morning to evening and from midnight to morning are never…

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Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1628

Subjects:

Cities, Jerusalem, Synagogue, Jewish identity, Ritual & observance

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Firsthand Accounts, Letters