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Peri ha-arets (Fruit of the Earth)
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Devekut requires that there be no impediment between man and God; only then is devekut possible. As in the parable of the Besht, it is impossible to join silver coins together…

Contributor:

Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk

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Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)

Date:

1814

Subjects:

Hasidism, Mysticism, Piety, Wisdom, Poverty

Categories:

Theology
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale
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Contributor:

Margot Zemach

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1977

Subjects:

Poverty, Humor, Wisdom, Family

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Children & young adult literature, Cartooning & graphic art
Painting of interior of wooden house filled with people, objects, and animals.
La certeza del camino (The True Path)
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Great hazards of the world are these rational brutes, the avaricious rich, as they are…

Contributor:

Abraham Israel Pereyra

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Ethics, Wisdom, Life cycle, Charity, Poverty

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Ethics