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In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon.... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers.

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Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it.

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By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

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Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.

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Solomon Schechter

Solomon Schechter
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Born: December 7, 1847
Died: November 19, 1915 (aged 67)
Bio: Solomon Schechter was a Moldavian-born American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of American Conservative Judaism.
Known for:
  1. Aspects of Rabbinic Theology
  2. Documents of Jewish sectaries (1910)
  3. Seminary addresses & other papers (1915)

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