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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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First Half of the 17th Century
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Earlier on we have clearly shown that the animal soul does not consist of blood and how much less so the human soul, since the latter is an incorporeal substance, invisible and incorruptible, whereas…
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Samuel da Silva
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
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1623
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Kol sakhal (Voice of a Fool), a polemical work attacking rabbinic Judaism, has been the subject of many scholarly debates. To this day, its composition and aims remain shrouded in mystery. The author…
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Unknown
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before 1622
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Some time ago I came here to the holy congregation of Amsterdam and I visited the schools of the Sephardim a number of times. There I saw “giants [in scholarship]: tender children as small as…
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Shabbetai Meshorer Bass
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1680
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We have already said, that wheresoever a competent Number of those of our Nation, were settled into a standing Community, the first thing they took care of, was the Erection of a publick School. Now…
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Isaac Abendana
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London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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1706
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King Solomon (may he rest in peace) said: The righteous man walketh in his integrity [Proverbs 20:7]. Now this means that a man should follow God’s…
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Jacob Ashkenazi of Janov
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Janov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Janów Lubelski, Poland)
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Early 17th Century
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This introduction will speak about how important the person is through the Torah. One may read them, since there are many teachings with intentions inside. The teaching of the Lord is…
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Shalom Italia, Jacob Ashkenazi of Janov
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Janov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Janów Lubelski, Poland)
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1622
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“Moses received the Torah from Sinai” [m. Avot 1:1]:
R. [Ovadiah] from Bartenura has explained this to mean “from the One revealed at Sinai.” And there, when God revealed Himself at Sinai, Moses…
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Yom Tov Lipmann Heller
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1614–1617
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Commentaries and novellae on the six orders of the Mishnah; a detailed analysis of the halakhah, as well as allusions to the golden bells of agadot (legends) and gentle chimes of esoteric wisdom. Also…
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Raphael Immanuel Ricchi, Solomon Proops
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Gorizia, Holy Roman Empire (Gorizia, Italy)
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1731
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The rule of the aforementioned fifth and sixth items, which concern going to bed and rising. It is stated and summarized from what has been said in the past, that sleep being so harmful…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1564