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They distort the words of the living God. It is a clear Torah lesson, as the sages have taught: “Whosoever speculates on four things, a pity for him! He is as though he had not come into the world.”
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Contributor:
Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1714
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It is known that one who lacks books lacks knowledge, for a man’s knowledge is limited in its reach by the reach of his books; and there is no artist without tools. Many new books came…
Contributor:
Simon Frankfurt
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1703–1712
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Don’t overshadow anyone. Know that you have an obligation to observe 613 commandments, because many of them you have to perform, but they can be done conjointly; so that when one commandment is…
Contributor:
Abraham Farrar
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1627