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קיבוץ גלויות INGATHERING OF THE EXILES. Bulgaria. Belgium. Colombia. England. France. Holland. Hungary. Iran. Israel. Poland. Russia. Switzerland. USA. Where do we discuss the gathering of the exiles?. Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kalisher : A Different Approach.
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Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kalisher: A Different Approach March 24, 1795 (4 Nissan, 5555) - October 16, 1874, Germany
הַבָּאִים יַשְׁרֵשׁ יַעֲקב, יָצִיץ וּפָרַח יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּמָלְאוּ פְנֵי-תֵבֵל, תְּנוּבָה. ישעיהו כז:ו
שאין לך אפלה גדולה יותר מאותה שעה הסמוכה לשחר... אלא עמוד השחר עולה ומאיר לעולם תחילה, ואחר כך גלגל חמה עולה ומאיר... (ירושלמי ברכות א, א(
"אָז יִבָּקַע כַּשַּׁחַר אוֹרֶךָ" ישעיה נח, ח:
“So will be the Geulah of Israel; In the beginning, it will be slow, then it will increase and strengthen…” Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kalisher 1795-1874
How do R. Zvi Hirsch Kalisher’s views differfrom the tefillot we’ve discussed?
וַאֲהַבְתֶּם, אֶת-הַגֵּר: כִּי-גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם, בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם. 36 TIMES!!!
The community of Chinese Jews dates back to around the 10th century C.E.
The Kaifeng shul was destroyed by the flooding of the Yellow River in the 1800’s.
This is all that remains of the last Kaifeng synagogue: the synagogue well, now in a public hospital.
The flood brought an end to the "golden age" of the Jewish settlement of China. By the time of the flood, the Jewish population of China had reached about 5,000, mostly in Kaifeng.
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