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Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
And ministers shall govern with justice;
Every one of them shall be
Like a refuge from gales,
A shelter from rainstorms;
Like brooks of water in a…
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So since we are in the midst of writing a song,
We will write also about the destruction of the holy community of Kremzir,
Even though this happened five years before,
In the year 1643, on the 9th of…
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Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi
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Kremzir, Holy Roman Empire (Kroměříž, Czech Republic)
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1648
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To Me, O Israelites, you are
Just like the Ethiopians
—declares the Lord.
True, I brought Israel up
From the land of Egypt,
But also the Philistines from Caphtor
And the Arameans from Kir.
Behold…
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At that time, this story [parashah] was written: a great event happened to the Jews, which caused downfall such as never had been in the world before and never would occur again. They came before the…
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Se‘adya ha-Levi
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1667
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Every day, I ask all those that pass by the shepherd’s tents,
What is all this, why is all this?
Has my beloved had a change of heart, and abandoned his flock forever,
And rejected them, and…
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Judah Alkaletz
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Algiers, Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Algeria)
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Early 17th Century
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From the silence of the night I heard a clamor,
Like the clank of chains of bondage, the sound of linked fetters
Jangling each other—
The heavens opened,
And suddenly a great flood of light burst…
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David Frishman
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1896
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Shout, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth!
Break into shouting, O hills!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
And has taken back His afflicted ones in love. [ . . . ]
Swiftly your children are…
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A song of ascents.
O Lord, remember in David’s favor
his extreme self-denial,
how he swore to the Lord,
vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
“I will not enter my house,
nor will I mount my bed,
I…
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Hark! My beloved! Here he comes,
Thousands, myriads at his side,
And over me, his banner of love!
I was sleeping, but my heart
was awake within me.
I could hear but…
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Jacob ha-Sofer
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Fez, Alawi Dynasty (Fes, Morocco)
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Early 16th Century
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But a shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse,
A twig shall sprout from his stock.
The spirit of the Lord shall alight upon him:
A spirit of wisdom and insight,
A spirit of counsel and valor,
A…
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