A biblical legend: Yom Kippur and the mystery of Miriam's Well
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According to hassidic lore, once, just before Kol Nidre, Yitzchak Isaac Taub (1751-1821), who was the sage of Nagykálló (Kalov in Yiddish) in eastern Hungary, called on his assistant, Rabbi Yaacov Fish, to harness his horse and wagon. The two rushed out to Fish's fields, where they found a small pool. Immediately, the holy man disrobed and immersed himself, while Fish stood by transfixed. After Neilah, Fish returned to his fields, which he knew intimately. But the pond had disappeared. The
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