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In some Hasidic communities, it became a common practice for the Hasidic leader or rebbe to give specially sanctified coins as amulets that could confer blessings on the holder. These coins-turned…
Places:
Sadigura, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Sadhora, Ukraine)
Date:
1880
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We are basically dissatisfied with “the world.” Our dissatisfaction stems mainly from the fact that as well-adjusted members of it we would have to live as ardent consumers…
Contributor:
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Places:
Winnipeg, Canada
Date:
1964
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When Rabbi Zusya went to suffer the exile in Germany, he came to a city of Reform Jews. When they saw his ways, they mocked him and thought he was crazy. When he came into the synagogue, some of them…
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Elimelech of Lizhensk, Zusya of Annopol (Hanipoli)
Places:
Hannopil’, Russian Empire (Hannopil', Ukraine)
Date:
1902