Sunday, March 04, 2012

Sunday's Salanter selection

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R Yisrael Salanter said:

The Maharal of Prague zt'l created a golem.  It is a great wonder, but it is far more wondrous to transmute the nature of the materiality of Man and to make out of it a man [mentsh].*




* As sited on page 210 of Israel Salanter: Text, Structure, Idea by Rabbi Hillel Goldberg
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 05, 2012

    Only problem is the Maharal never created a Golem. See http://traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100805.

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  2. Neil HarrisMarch 05, 2012

    Thanks for the link and the reading material for my lunch break.

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  3. The Rebbetzin's HusbandMarch 05, 2012

    Great quote!

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