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In the year 5473 [1713] since the creation of, the world, from the moment it began the plague fell upon us because of our many sins. In the community we still had no one ill nor bad air in the country…
Contributor:
Moses Eisenstadt
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1713
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A whole world of railways appeared in our time
They carry their passengers—poor men and rich.
Admire the wonder, but bear this in mind:
It’s really a parable, meant just for you.
It is we who are…
Contributor:
Elyokum Tsunzer
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1875
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Here is a song that I created,
well composed and uncomplicated;
you can call it a song or call it a dirge.
I’d like to tell you some of my troubles:
some men have problems by…
Contributor:
ḥayim Yom-Tob Magula
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1739
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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
Places:
Fez, Alawi Dynasty
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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Enough of girls! I’d rather live alone
Than touch those reptiles, though they may be fair.
I’m sick and tired of wasting on the air
My strength and every penny that I own.
For once they’re mine…
Contributor:
Moses Rieti
Places:
Florence, Republic of Florence
(Florence, Italy)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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To the wheel that turns the river’s waters
And brings them upward from the flowing deep,
I sing this song, a song to banish sorrow.
For all who love and cherish and desire
The ways of poetry and…
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Solomon Mazal Tov
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
mid 16th Century
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O age! Here’s something new that I have filled
With old, like fine oil in a flask.
A kind of verse to please men’s mouths and minds
I have invented for exploring love.
I provide a model of the…
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Judah Sommo
Places:
Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
16th Century
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And yet she was the jewel of perfection to all far and near
Who had not seen such splendor, all who came from north and south
From all lands and gathered there, the distinguished
Who were drawn to…
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Benjamin ha-Levi Ashkenazi
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1545
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This wonder, this marvel,
which the deceitful fantasy
Basilisk or Asp believes it to be,
is an error of understanding:
Since if one considers it carefully,
the Divine Providence
is rewarding your…
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Isabel Enríquez
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1670
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A fountain surges from my verse’s house.
Its flowing waters quench the thirst of men—
A fountain from the rock of perfect rhyme,
With waters cold to please the yearning man—
A flow unending…
Contributor:
Sa‘adia Longo
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 16th Century