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A Contract
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Things were looking pretty bleak, when my wife’s prewar acquaintance brought a ray of hope into our small room. If you too were an artist, you might be able to appreciate how impatiently my wife and I…

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Ojzer Warszawski

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1943

Subjects:

Holocaust, Death, Family, Ethics, Morality

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Literature, Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas…

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René Cassin

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Paris, France

Date:

1948

Subjects:

Human rights, Ethics, Politics, Justice system, Social justice

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Political Culture, Law
Ya‘arot devash (Honeycombs)
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The Meaning of the Sukkah: Exile, for the Whole World Is Only a…

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Jonathan Eybeschütz

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Metz, France

Date:

1744

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Holidays, Sukkot, Ritual & observance, Halakhah, Ethics

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Religion & Theology, Sermons
Sermon of Ethical Rebuke Preached . . . during the Penitential Period Preceding the New Year’s Day, 5505 [1744], to the Congregation of Metz
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The prophet Hosea cried out: Come, let us turn back to the Lord; He attacked, and He can heal us; He wounded, and He can bind us up. In two days He will make us whole again; on the third day He will…

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Jonathan Eybeschütz

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Metz, France

Date:

1744

Subjects:

Repentance, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Ethics, Theology

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Religion & Theology, Sermons