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To one who honors you, Lord, be just,
And may my sonorous work be blessed.
Dear lord, by your will be it wrought
That out of nothing comes a new Thought.
Let it be pure, proud, faithful…
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Catulle Mendès
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Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1900
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Look: the life and death of this organ [publication] is in your hands. If you wish, it will expand, flourish, and branch out in quality and quantity, and, if you wish, it will dry up, wither, and fade…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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1906
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What makes a book like this more than just a collection of excerpts, strung together interchangeably? What makes it a book? If I were to say it had been a matter of selection, who would venture to…
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S. Y. Agnon
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1959
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The sunset lit up the sky, splashing the drab tenements with gold, bringing memories of Sabbath candles and the smell of gefüllte fish. When I had lived on Hester Street, I would…
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Anzia Yezierska
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New York, United States of America
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1950
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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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1732
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1676
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1710
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Unknown
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Dresden, Holy Roman Empire
(Dresden, Germany)
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1716
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Remember me, O my God, for the good (Nehemiah 5:19). Amen
I began to write the first Torah Scroll, with the help of God, today, 2 Heshvan, the twenty-second of October, in the year 5302 [1541]. It…
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Meir ben Ephraim of Padua
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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1541–1580
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Daniel Bomberg
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1520/3