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In order that all the simple…
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Menasseh Ben Israel
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1651
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And so it was in the days of the Judge of judges; and so it was, a famine in the land. And a man went out from Bethlehem in Judah to live in the field of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. (Ruth…
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Isaac Luria
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)
Date:
16th Century
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To our fruit of holiness enwrapped in praise, our man of deeds rich in accomplishment, the exalted prince and honored rabbi. May your light shine like the rising sun, blossom like the flowers! May an…
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Nathan of Gaza
Places:
Gaza, Ottoman Empire (Gaza, Palestine)
Date:
1666
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I propose to set forth the faith of our ancestors—our prophets, our sages—forgotten by us these thousand years, because of the long duration of our exile. This faith was known to the Tannaim and most…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
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ca. 1670–1672
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If I have come to relate and tell, divulging the entire mystery of the Garden of Eden and the matters residing within it, of the species of trees, a book could…
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Joseph Taitatsak
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Early 16th Century
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The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso.
It was taught:
Rabbi Simeon cried, raised his voice, and said:
“Woe.” With these words which are…
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Moses Cordovero
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century
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These are the words that the divine man Moses, R. Moses Cordovero, may his memory be for a blessing for life in the world-to-come, spoke concerning that which man should do and live by, and there are…
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Moses Cordovero
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second half of the 16th Century
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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
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Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire (Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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For the voice:
I entreat you Paskon, Atmon, Sagron: Paskon, that my voice not stop: Atmon, that my throat not be sealed; Sagron, that my throat not be closed. May it be your will, God and Lord of our…
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Unknown
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17th Century
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Westheim, Holy Roman Empire (Westheim, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750