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And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of Canaan (Genesis 37:1): In that part of the land of Canaan where his father had lived, similar to the verse: [To Mamre, to Kiryat…
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Ovadiah Sforno
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Bologna, Papal States (Bologna, Italy)
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Before 1550
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What does this man [who contemplates the giving of the Torah] think that Moses our master, may peace be upon him, sat and did for forty days and forty nights when he stayed with the Lord on…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1623
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Christian Priest:Good morning to the Jews.
Jew:A good morning and a good year to my lord.
Priest:Where are you going today to insult the gentiles?
Jew:I do not understand you.
Priest:Have not you Jews…
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Saul Merari
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Papal States (Italy)
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1706
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When there came to our notice the work composed and recently published by R. Azariah de’ Rossi, entitled Me‘or ‘enayim, which contains the sections: “The Voice of God,” “The Glory of the Elders,” and…
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Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1574
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The soul of man, Signor Baldassare, is incorruptible, immortal, and divine, created and infused by God into our body when the fetus in the maternal womb was made fit to receive it. This truth is as…
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Sarra Copia Sullam
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1621
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Your Holiness,
As the Chief Rabbi of this community, whose history goes back thousands of years, I wish to express to you my intense satisfaction at the gesture you have wished to carry out today…
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Elio Toaff
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Rome, Italy
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1986
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It has been a belief universally shared by Israelites of all times that the Pentateuch was exclusively and entirely authored and redacted by the great prophet Moses; only the last chapter of…
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Samuel David Luzzatto
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Padua, Kingdom of Italy (Padova, Italy)
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1829
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First, we will explain the reason for the custom of all Israel to read from Tractate Avot on these Sabbaths. We would like to analyze the meaning of the name of the tractate, why it is called Avot…
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Azariah Piccio
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1647
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O great mountain (Zechariah 4:7), the exalted and raised (Isaiah 52:13), precious cornerstone (Isaiah 28:16), my teacher, my rabbi, may the Merciful One guard and bless him, may God protect him and…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)
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1732
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On the Messiah and his circumstances, whether or not he has come.
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1645