"To say this sacred prayer [the Kaddish, prayer……" — Abraham Cahan
"To say this sacred prayer [the Kaddish, prayer for the dead] for a Gentile is a most uncommon proceeding, but so unanimous and ardent is the feeling of the people of the New York ghetto in the present instance that Pres. William McKinley is spoken of in that quarter as "the loving brother of all of us," as one who "died a martyr to the freedom of Jew and Gentile."
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18 Quotes by Abraham Cahan
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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding,…
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
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He considered the Rvolution a victroy for the Jews, which opinion, he said, prevailed on the East Side where rejoicing…
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If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in…
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The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
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Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often…
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If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
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If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a…
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