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No chapter in the history of the Jewish people during the last several hundred years has been as shrouded in mystery as that of the Sabbatian movement. On one point, at least, there is no longer any…
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Gershom Scholem
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1937
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Jewish mysticism in its various forms represents an attempt to interpret the religious values of Judaism in terms of mystical values. It concentrates upon the idea of the living God who manifests…
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Gershom Scholem
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Israel)
Date:
1941
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The common names of plants used by different nations and languages were not coined by chance alone. If we examine the origin of these names, we find they are based on ancient legend and that the…
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Aaron Aaronsohn
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Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Ottoman Palestine (Israel)
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1913
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The goal of the natural method of language acquisition is not simply to teach people how to speak in as little time possible; its goal is to inculcate the language to the learner in an easy and…
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Yitsḥak Epstein
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Safed, Ottoman Palestine (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1898
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If one examines the biblical account of the origins of Israelite monotheism and the story of its battle with and eventual triumph over paganism, he will discover a…
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Yehezkel Kaufmann
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Haifa, Mandate Palestine (Haifa, Israel)
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1937
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I believe I ought to go over the moment when I learned of his death once more.
A summer morning, the sky wide, June, last days of the school year. I rise late, faintly stunned, straight into the…
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A. B. Yehoshua
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1972
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23 Tevet 5656This week we took a great step forward in the history of the national Hebrew school. From this day on, all subjects in the school in Jaffa will be studied in Hebrew. It is needless for us…
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Jaffa School Board
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1896
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In my opinion, one cannot understand the development of the Science of Judaism except by taking note of the profound contradictions or, if you will, the unique dialectical tensions present within it…
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Gershom Scholem
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1944
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I cannot refrain from relating an amazing, true story that I heard from that mouth of sanctity, the most outstanding disciple of our Holy Master, the rebbe, my dear friend—may…
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Israel ben Samuel of Shklov
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1836
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When we speak about the economy of a given nation, about the German, French, or Polish economies, we don’t mean the economic lives of all the people belonging, according to their race, language…
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Bernard D. Weinryb
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1938