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With God’s help, we undertook to print the Torah, prophets, and writings with the commentary by Rashi, of blessed memory, and also with a Yiddish commentary, to understand the simple verse as it…
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Menaḥem Man Amelander, Eliezer Soesman (Zusman) Rudelsum
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1725
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Regarding the other matters, the congregation, may God preserve it, in every single community, according to its size and wealth, will contribute toward the construction of permanent houses of study…
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Moses Morawchik
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Lublin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)
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1635
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This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…
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Jacob ben Ḥayim
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
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1911
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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…
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Gedaliah Cordovero
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1587
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In my opinion, there is no person in this world, whether he is a sage or a…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1612
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At the beginning of the month of Tammuz 5349 [began June 15, 1589], in order not to remain idle, I began to give lessons in Torah to the son of Manasseh Levi of blessed memory and to Joseph the son of…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1618–1648
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The study program of this night has already been published and made known to the multitudes through the pamphlets that have been disseminated. And this custom has been disseminated throughout all of…
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Isaiah Horowitz
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1623
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I have merited to make this book, which I named Kol sasson [The Voice of Gladness], for the reason that our masters of blessed memory said that it is obligatory for everyone…
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Mordechai Seror
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Algiers, French Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)
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1884
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Our dear brethren, Children of Israel, perhaps the time has now come to repair the breaches in our ranks; let us return to uphold the Torah of the Almighty with all our strength. Who will be the…
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Ḥayim of Volozhin
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Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)
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1803
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The connection between Creation and the Flood is a very real one in biblical theology, especially in the biblical interpretation of human history. Reference has already been made to…
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Nahum M. Sarna
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Newton, United States of America
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1966