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Of Solomon.
O God, endow the king with Your judgments,
the king’s son with Your righteousness;
that he may judge Your people rightly,
Your lowly ones, justly.
Let the mountains produce well-being…
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Bless the Lord, O my soul;
O Lord, my God, You are very great;
You are clothed in glory and majesty,
wrapped in a robe of light;
You spread the heavens like a tent cloth.
He sets the rafters of…
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[ . . . ] The duality in the attitudes of cognitive man and homo religiosus is rooted in existence itself. Cognitive man concerns himself with a simple and “candid” reality. He does not seek to closet…
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Joseph B. Soloveitchik
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1943
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It is known that in the case of any proper work to be accomplished or any project to be achieved, the essential point is the end goal [תכלית] of the project…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)
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1580
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth (Song of Songs 1:2).These are the first spoken words of the student who yearns for the Torah, which is like the daughter of the king of kings with its…
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Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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16th Century
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If the Lord shepherds me in the wilderness, I will find that my cup runs over for meWith vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; There my soul will be satisfied and live.A Psalm…
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Zante, Venice (Zakynthos, Greece)
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Before 1719
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Devekut requires that there be no impediment between man and God; only then is devekut possible. As in the parable of the Besht, it is impossible to join silver coins together…
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Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk
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Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)
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1814
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In Midrash ḥazit [Midrash Rabbah Song of Songs] it is stated:
And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; ye…
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Isaac Vega
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Nikopolis, Ottoman Empire (Nikopol, Bulgaria)
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1621
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Thus said the Lord:
Cursed is he who trusts in man,
Who makes mere flesh his strength,
And turns his thoughts from the Lord.
He shall be like a bushin the desert,
Which does not sense the coming…
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The sixth well contains mighty waters, ascending ever higher and prevailing, covering hills and mountain peaks, and turning into a stream breaking forth and flowing on all sides—a…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1598