“To really observe the Sabbath in our day and age! To cease for a whole day from all business, from all work, amidst the frenzied hurry-scurry of our age! To close the stock exchanges, the stores, the factories - how would it be possible? The pulse of life would stop beating and the world perish! The world perish? To the contrary, it would be saved.”
Quote by Samson Raphael Hirsch
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Samson Raphael Hirsch
Samson Raphael Hirsch, born on June 20, 1808, and died on December 31, 1888, was a prominent rabbi and Jewish scholar. Known for his profound research and innovative interpretations of the Jewish Torah, Hirsch had a significant impact on the revival of Judaism in the 19th century. more
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