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Astonishingly, even the devastating defeat at the hands of Rome did not snuff out the Jewish longing to restore their sovereign rule over their ancestral land. In 130 CE, some sixty years after the Second Temple was destroyed, the emperor Hadrian announced plans to rebuild Jerusalem. Rather than restoring Jerusalem to its former Jewish glory,
... See moreDaniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
According to Shiurei Torah, p. 118, a litra is a pound in contemporary measure.
Sichos In English • Shulchan Aruch of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Volume 12: Choshen Mishpat
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The case is still the same among a part of the Semitic race, and among some of the Slavic nations.
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
After the end of the War of Independence, Shtrikman changed his family name to Sharon and started to work on his PhD dissertation at the faculty of agriculture in Rehovot. Thereafter, he joined the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, was promoted to the rank of professor, and gained a worldwide reputation based on his research on lectins and
... See moreUriel Bachrach • The Power of Knowledge - HEMED
And forty-two years after he had arrived in Palestine, David Ben-Gurion stood at the podium under an enormous portrait of the founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
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