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Indeed, our human situation now stands on such a low level that we need not look either to intellectual or to outside factors to account for its stumbling blocks or confusions. Nowadays, if one is in…
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Yoyzl Horowitz
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Novogrudok, Russian Empire (Navahrudak, Belarus)
Date:
1914
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The Israelites were fertile, wa-yishreṣu wa-yirbu wa-ya‘aṣmu very greatly, so that the land was full with them (Exod. 1:7).
“R. Isaac said, Whoever takes pleasure in an optional…
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Saul Levi Mortera
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1622
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The Waters of Strife (Meribah)
What is it between me and you, O man of God, that you have come to me to remind me of my sin? (1 Kings 17:18)
Drops of oil fell into the pitcher of water. A…
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Judah Shteynberg
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Edinet, Russian Empire (Edinet, Moldova)
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1896
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On the eve of the Civil War, a Southern rabbi explains why the Jewish tradition requires an antislavery position. His congregants disagree vehemently with his stance.
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David Einhorn
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Baltimore, United States of America
Date:
1861