[Mesorah] Another term

[Mandel, Seth]

Another term that does not go back a long time is "אנ'ש/אנשי שלומנו".  I have seen the term first used by the Alter Rebbe of Chabad in some of his letters.  If anyone knows of earlier sources, I would appreciate hearing about them.


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
Rabbinic Coordinator
The Orthodox Union

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Subject: [Mesorah] "P'nimiyus"


You know me by now with my interest in words and terms. Sometimes the origins of words and term can tell us a lot.

Chasidic writers talk a lot about "pnimiyus haTorah." Since we all know what the word means, I never paid attention.  But recently I saw someone who claimed that the Ari and the Vilner Gaon talk about p'nimiyus haTorah, which made me pause.  AFAIK, both of those source talk a about the qabbolo and the sodos of qabbolo, but I do not recall either using the term "pnimiyus haTorah."

I may be wrong,

Does anyone know a use of the term "pnimiyus haTorah" before Chasidus started?


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel

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