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From the Introduction to His Father’s Book, Noda bi-Yehudah
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I truly heard a mouth of holiness uttering these words, namely the holy and honored one of the Almighty, the most renowned, illustrious, saintly, and godly kabbalist, our teacher, R. ḥayim of Sanz of…

Contributor:

Jacob Landau

Places:

Prague, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Czech Republic)

Date:

1810

Subjects:

Scholarship, Mysticism, Kabbalah, Philosophy

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Firsthand Accounts
Noda bi-Yehudah (Known in Judah)
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When I parted from my father and journeyed forth from his home to Brody, I joined up with friends, God-fearing men of purity; we built a bet midrash for…

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Ezekiel Landau

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1776

Subjects:

Halakhah, Scholarship, Bet Midrash, Marriage, Talmud

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Responsa, Firsthand Accounts, Law
Diary Entry: On Being a Jew
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January 8. Lecture by [Leo] Fantl on Goldhaupt, “he tosses the enemy like a barrel.”   Insecurity, dryness, tranquility, in these everything will pass.   What do I have in common with Jews? I have…

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Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Sexuality, Sex, Scholarship, Psychology

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries