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The heder was in the basement. It was a dark, damp room with a low ceiling. There were two windows on the ground level. In the middle of the room, there was a long wooden table covered with books, two…
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Doiv Ber Levin
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Petrograd, USSR (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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1932
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Gentlemen! This Shabbat, with God’s help, I decided to continue in the interpretation of the article by the blessed teacher Rabbi Meir, may his merit protect us, amen, who said that “whoever is…
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Joseph Messas
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Meknes, Morocco
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1953
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Lelio Della Torre
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Padua, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (Padova, Italy)
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1829
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1. What religion do you profess?
I believe in the Mosaic Religion, which was revealed by the Lord; and I esteem the same as the true, pure, and unmixed word of God.
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Isaac Leeser
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1839
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The compiler of this Manual, after many years of experience in the ministry, and frequent occasions of conferring the rite of Confirmation on his pupils, desires to place before his…
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Jacob Mendes de Solla
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Willemstad, Curaçao
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1890
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[ . . . ] Now you know and are witness that I have composed several works on various topics. However, I did not write them in order to publish them; rather, I prepared them for my own use, to…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
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First Half of the 17th Century
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A furious epistle against [Juan de] Prado, a philosopher-doctor who doubted or did not believe in the truth of the divine scripture and sought to cover up his maliciousness with the feigned…
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Isaac Orobio de Castro
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1664
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One must love one’s country, defend it, obey its laws, love one’s fellow citizens, and not disturb their peace.
Work toward the well-being, peace, and prosperity of the…
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Jewish Colonization Association
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Paris, France
Paris, France
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1911
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In the treatise Zeit ist’s [Franz] Rosenzweig outlined a detailed and imposing plan of an Academy for the Science of Judaism, the members of which would be both scholars and teachers. As scholars…
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Nahum N. Glatzer
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1956
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Most simply described, Bibliodrama is a form of role-playing in which the roles played are taken from biblical texts. The roles may be those of characters who appear in the Bible…
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Peter A. Pitzele
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Katonah, United States of America
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1997