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Although he himself would not recite “for the sake of the unification,” in keeping with the ruling of the Gaon—the Noda bi-Yehudah [R. Ezekiel Landau]—he was occasionally jealous of those who say it.…
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Simon Sofer
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Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1870
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Hear, O Israel, descendants of holy ones: see that newcomers have recently arrived intending to make grapes, but instead have produced wild grapes [see Isaiah 5:2]. There is no local foundation for…
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Unknown
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
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Our God is one. You are my God: Hallelujah!
Who created me, body and soul: Hallelujah!
You created Heaven and earth: Hallelujah!
We will praise You forever: Hallelujah!
You…
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Rebecca Tiktiner
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Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)
Prague, Czech Republic
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Second Half of the 16th Century
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King Solomon (may he rest in peace) said: The righteous man walketh in his integrity [Proverbs 20:7]. Now this means that a man should follow God’s…
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Jacob Ashkenazi of Janov
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Janov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Janów Lubelski, Poland)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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In the blessing “With a great love hast Thou loved us,” we say, “and unify our heart to love and fear Thy Name.” This is apparently in contradiction to the principle…
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
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Leżajsk, Habsburg Empire (Leżajsk, Poland)
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The communal treasurer stands on guard at the entrance to the rabbi’s home to make inquiry concerning every invalid or cripple, and by what name he is called. One can hear the noise of the people as…
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David of Makev
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Maków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Maków Mazowiecki, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1798
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I see his melancholy profile as though through a mist, through the curtain of thick cloud that descended on him in his lifetime and darkened his bright trail with a multitude of vain fictions and will…
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Mordekhai Feierberg
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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This magnificent maḥzor (holiday prayer book) was copied—and most likely decorated—by the scribe Isaac bar Mordechai ha-Kohen (Isaac Lankosh of Kraków). (In several places, the name “Isaac” has…
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Isaac Lankosh of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1560