Showing Results 1 - 3 of 3
The Tale of a Rabbi and His Only Son
Restricted
Text
Once there was a rabbi who had no children. Finally, he had an only son. He raised him and married him off. The son used to sit in an attic room and study in the manner of rich men and he always…

Contributor:

Nachman of Bratslav

Places:

Bratslav, Russian Empire (Bratslav, Ukraine)

Date:

1815

Subjects:

Parenthood, Rabbis, Hasidism, Piety, Pilgrimage

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Parables
Vave ha-‘amudim (Hooks of the Columns)
Public Access
Text
Now comes the turn, with awe and reverence, awe and reverence without end, of my father, the pious, God-fearing, learned one, may his strength be for the Torah [see Esther 2:15], the supernal light…

Contributor:

Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Family, Parenthood, Children, Rabbis, Memory

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Memoirs & Diaries
Printer’s Note: Perush seder ‘avodat yom ha-kippurim (Commentary on the Order of the Service of Yom Kippur), by Moses Cordovero
Restricted
Text
Says the youth, Gedaliah, the Lord has granted me the merit to begin the work of heaven, today Wednesday, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5347 (July 29, 1587). I have fixed it for a fast and remembrance for ever…

Contributor:

Gedaliah Cordovero

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Parenthood, Torah study, Halakhah, Rabbis

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries