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Cornell Capa took this picture of boys learning Torah or the Hebrew alphabet at a time when Hasidic survivors of the Holocaust were just beginning to rebuild their communities. Brooklyn, New York was…
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Cornell Capa
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Brooklyn, United States of America
Date:
1955
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Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of figure and beautiful of appearance (Gen. 29:17). Targum Onkelos renders this verse as “Leah’s eyes…
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Kalonimos Kalman Epstein
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Kraków, Republic of Kraków (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1842
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This introduction will speak about how important the person is through the Torah. One may read them, since there are many teachings with intentions inside. The teaching of the Lord is…
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Shalom Italia, Jacob Ashkenazi of Janov
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Janov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Janów Lubelski, Poland)
Date:
1622
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When the world wearies of day’s golden egg,
Shabrang, the dark bay steed, appears
From under the crow’s wings…
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Khwājah Bukhārā’īā
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Bukhara, Khanate of Bukhara (Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
Date:
1606
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[ . . . ] A few remarks on foreign words in the literature which for the sake of brevity is here called Talmudic, may not be out of place in this preface.The intercourse between the Jews of the…
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Marcus Jastrow
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1903