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Avot 5:6: Ten things were created on the eve of the Sabbath at twilight: The mouth of the earth, the mouth of the well, the mouth of [Balaam’s] ass, the rainbow, the manna, the rod, the shamir-worm…
Contributor:
Judah Loew
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1589
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In the new religious revival, the theologians and philosophers have it easy; they can battle about the nature of revelation endlessly in the pages of Commentary. Parents and householders, on the other…
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Ruth Gay
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1951
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The mystery of prayer on the days of Rosh Hashanah presents itself with characteristic familiarity: it reveals itself to those who want to fulfill it, and eludes those who want only to know it.
Prayer…
Contributor:
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Places:
Berlin, Nazi Germany (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1936
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Vilna, my great matriarch, an established Jewish city,
Jerusalem of the Exile, an ancient nation’s consolation in the north!
This [poem] is your patched kerchief, like the roof of the old synagogue,…
Contributor:
Zalman Shneour
Places:
Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1923
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To Section I, which deals with the Haggadah itself, I have added six other sections.
Section II, entitled “Moses, our Teacher,” is a collation of midrashim, which discuss his attributes…
Contributor:
Menachem M. Kasher
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1948
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For our great sins, a few days later we received the news of the terrible fire, which God caused to happen on the night of Rosh…
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Judah Alkalai
Places:
Semlin, Austrian Empire (Zemun, Serbia)
Date:
1840
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August is flat and still, with ever-thickening green
Leaves, clipped in their richness; hoarse sighs in
the grass,
Moments of mowing, mark out the
lengthening summer. The ground
We children…
Contributor:
John Hollander
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1965