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One must know that man possesses a greater virtue than the beast, because a beast also has in it the breath of life and likewise has the intelligence to eat and drink, and the desire to lie with the…
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Beer Perlhefter, Bella Perlhefter
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
End of the 17th Century
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This disunity among us, the lack of piousness for one another, the civil war of murmurings in places where conversations and visits occur, evils that have caused the past and extend…
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Jacob de Castro Sarmento
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London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1723
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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)
Date:
1580
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Since animals do not use these faculties [strength, speed, or cunning] for the purpose of [gaining] their livelihood, this shows that that which a man does with the strength of his body, and the sweat…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1599
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The Israelites were fertile, wa-yishreṣu wa-yirbu wa-ya‘aṣmu very greatly, so that the land was full with them (Exod. 1:7).
“R. Isaac said, Whoever takes pleasure in an optional…
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Saul Levi Mortera
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1622
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To You, Lord God, we call out
With cries and with clamoring
For we are most distressed.
See how we lose hope
If no one comes to our rescue.
You protect lost children,
The helpless orphans,
The…
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Leonor de Carvajal
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Spanish Empire (Mexico)
Date:
1589–1596
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I will begin by praising God
Who created us all.
I will begin with the Ten Commandments
Which God, Blessed be He,
Gave to us by the hand of Moses.
All of us stood at Mount Sinai,
Each individual…
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Sheyndele
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685
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Riboyne shel oylem, Almighty God, You created heaven and earth and all creatures with great compassion within six days and with only ten words. And on the seventh day, which is shabes koydesh, You…
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Leah Horowitz
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Glogau, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Głogów, Poland)
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Mid–18th Century
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I would also humbly bring to Your Honours’ attention that the said Dr. Marti[n], not content with what he has already accused us of in the way of great iniquities, has now published another booklet…
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Josel of Rosheim
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Holy Roman Empire (Alsace, France)
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1543
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On the ban pronounced at a gathering of some members of the community in the city of Constantinople, together with some town representatives, in the synagogue of the community of Constantinople. It…
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Elijah Mizraḥi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1500