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Vave ha-‘amudim (Hooks of the Columns)
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Now comes the turn, with awe and reverence, awe and reverence without end, of my father, the pious, God-fearing, learned one, may his strength be for the Torah [see Esther 2:15], the supernal light…

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Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Family, Parenthood, Children, Rabbis, Memory

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Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Memoirs & Diaries
Printer’s Note: Perush seder ‘avodat yom ha-kippurim (Commentary on the Order of the Service of Yom Kippur), by Moses Cordovero
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Says the youth, Gedaliah, the Lord has granted me the merit to begin the work of heaven, today Wednesday, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5347 (July 29, 1587). I have fixed it for a fast and remembrance for ever…

Contributor:

Gedaliah Cordovero

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Parenthood, Torah study, Halakhah, Rabbis

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries