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This is to announce to all interested in my book that when the head of the printers, the princely Daniel Bomberg, the Christian, decided to print the Twenty…
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Elye Bokher
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1538
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The Master of the Universe gave us the holy and blessed law so that we would enjoy l’olam haba [the world to come], so that we would know and see the light of eternal life. Study and a good…
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Abraham Asá
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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1739
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The purpose of this book is to bring into focus the vast number and wide variety of data concerning Judaism and the Jews, so that they can be seen in relation to one another and to the…
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Louis Finkelstein
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1949
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Thus saith the humble Jacob ben Chajim ben Isaac Ibn Adonijah: “He entereth in peace, where the righteous rest upon their couches, who walked in uprightness.”
Praised be the Creator, who exists and…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1525
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More than twenty-five centuries have passed since an anonymous Jewish poet wrote an elaborate and lengthy prayer that included this exclamation:O how I love your teaching!It is my study all day long (…
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Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler
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College Park, United States of America
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2004
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I would also humbly bring to Your Honours’ attention that the said Dr. Marti[n], not content with what he has already accused us of in the way of great iniquities, has now published another booklet…
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Josel of Rosheim
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Holy Roman Empire (Alsace, France)
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1543
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Well, no sooner had I thought of my Hodl than she appeared by my side. She sat down next to me on the stoop, looked around, and said in a low voice, “Papa, are you listening? I have to tell you…
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Sholem Aleichem
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1904–1905