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Igeret ha-yeshiva (Epistle on the Yeshiva)
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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

Places:

Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)

Date:

1803

Subjects:

Education, Scholarship, Torah study, Talmud, Halakhah, Theology

Categories:

Theology, Pedagogy & Schooling
Printer’s Note: Perush seder ‘avodat yom ha-kippurim (Commentary on the Order of the Service of Yom Kippur), by Moses Cordovero
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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…

Contributor:

Gedaliah Cordovero

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Parenthood, Torah study, Halakhah, Rabbis

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries