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We are therefore obliged to examine the words of the living God, which are expressed through the wonderful wise men who have received the truth [i.e., kabbalists], the foundation of the Torah. The…
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Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1636
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O my God! Remember for good my most honorable Master, my father, my teacher in respect of the Divine precepts—may his memory be for a blessing for the life of the World-to-Come! I…
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Eleazer Fleckeles
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1799–1800
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Behold, we have before us the head of the rationalists [or “rational theologians”], Maimonides, may his memory be for a blessing. In chapter three of Hilkhot teshuvah [Mishneh Torah, Laws of…
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Saul Levi Mortera
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1636