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The fiercest of all the conflicts between Pharisee and Sadducee concerned the doctrine of the resurrection, for in it the class conflict was most…
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Louis Finkelstein
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1938
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Maimonides, the greatest Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages, was of the opinion that the principles and methods of metaphysics formed part of the traditional lore of the sages of the Mishnah and…
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Isaac Herzog
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Ireland, Ireland
Date:
1929
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The mystery of prayer on the days of Rosh Hashanah presents itself with characteristic familiarity: it reveals itself to those who want to fulfill it, and eludes those who want only to know it.
Prayer…
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Berlin, Nazi Germany (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1936
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Gentlemen, today is the seventh of Adar, the anniversary of the death of Moses our teacher, of blessed memory. We have gathered in…
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Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich
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Shamloy, Hungary (Berehove, Ukraine)
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1939
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[ . . . ] I find myself obliged to commence with a general preface, which I bring to the fore on each occasion that I have occasion to speak about the way of “the Mizrachi” [movement] and its value…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Date unknown, late 19th–early 20th century
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Cornell Capa
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Brooklyn, United States of America
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1955
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Ben-Zion
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1935
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Noble-mindedness is a very fine character trait in the soul of man, and it extends in many directions: primarily in three, which are, noble-mindedness in wisdom, noble-mindedness in power, and noble…
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Naphtali Herts Wessely
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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ca. 1780s
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The telos (takhlit) of man’s activities, in the aspect (behinah) of having will and choice, is the ultimate human good (ha’hatslahah ha’enoshi’it). This excellence necessarily comes after the…
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Solomon Maimon
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1792
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Open Letter to His Most Worthy,
Supreme Consistorial Counselor and
Provost Teller at Berlin, from some
Householders of the Jewish Religion
But when the more perfect comes, the
imperfect will pass…
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David Friedländer
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1799