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And now for my style. I must frankly confess that I have invented a new one. I am conscious of the hazard of such innovation, but I have not adopted my system without long meditation, and a…
Contributor:
Benjamin Disraeli
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1833
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Under the roof of the oldest synagogue in Prague (the Altneuschul), because of the belief that misfortune would meet the workers, there is preserved, in its primeval form and color, a piece of trunk…
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Ludwig A. Frankl
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1836
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Rabbis are becoming angry with our redeemer Sh.Ts.Our king and the shekhinah is heAnd it is for good and for the good of our King and for the goodof the six hundred thousand of Israel that …
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Unknown
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ca. 1700
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I am now writing, with God’s help, a new commentary on your breasts.
It is a precious, blessed composition, in my poverty I have gathered various commentaries,
From what came to hand. It is a…
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Admiel Kosman
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Ramat Gan, Israel
Date:
2000
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Blessed are you, Bar Yohai,
you were anointed
by your brethren with the oil of joy:
Bar Yohai,
with the oil of a sacred share
you were anointed through holy measure,
sanctity’s bud you wore…
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Simeon Ibn Lavi
Places:
Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
16th Century
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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
Date:
1959
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Your light is sweet and pleasing for my heart’s joy and gladness,
O my soul’s beloved, my full desire is that I never depart from your presence.
My plan, each day and night, is to find favor in the…
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Eleazar Azikri
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1584–1588
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O Lord of everything, who seeks the nation that seeks you,
Do not separate yourself from us, and we will not separate from you—O Lord of everything!
For you, O…
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Eleazar Azikri
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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1584–1588