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This is the story of a queen who gave her daughter in marriage to a young king and then gave her the following instructions, inasmuch as she was about to be married. Since she was sending the daughter…
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Isaac ben Eliyakim of Posen
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1620
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In the words of this honest song,
Many pious Jews will delight.
Women and children, young men and young women,
This honest song will please the heart of every Jewish child.
In all your…
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Jacob Tausk
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1666
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King Solomon, of blessed memory, wrote in Proverbs that one ought not to be too pious and one ought not to do too much evil. [The allusion, however, is to Ecclesiastes 7:16–17.] Accordingly, our sages…
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Zvi Hirsch Koidanover
Date:
1705
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I must first briefly describe human nature. Namely, we people contain within us the four fundamental [elements] like all other species of creation that are below us or inferior to us. It…
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Matheus Staedlein, Isaac Wetzlar
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(Celle, Germany)
Date:
1749
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We have a lovely tale at hand,
It’s come to us from a distant land,
That land is West India, and
Many people in the world
Call that area the New World.
Our tale’s about a wife who let her spouse
Leav…
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Anonymous
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ca. 1665
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The donkey greets the horse with his greeting. He says: “How is it that you are limping? Walk slowly to be sure you don’t fall. You’ll never be able to canter. You’ve surely grown old…
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Bernard Picart, Moses Wallich
Date:
1697
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I will raise the matter of trimming the beard
He trims it away like leaven [on the eve of Passover]
He leaves only a small goatee.
One more…
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Anonymous
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16th Century
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“I’m called the offspring of the grape,” said the wine. “People drink me fervently, and I’m very fine. I can make people joke and jibe, I can drive away their terrible pains, I can delight their…
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Zalman Sofer
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1517
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Now, my dear friends, do you see what you’re doing? The Holy Days indulged in arrogant boasting, in envy and hatred and warfare. Hanukkah tried to fight them all and carry the day…
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Zalman Sofer
Places:
Oldendorf, Holy Roman Empire
(Oldendorf, Germany)
Date:
1517
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1790