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A letter from Zuckerman, the commissioner, evidently written by an agitated hand. It had come from Brest Litovsk bringing the news of horror. He had been in Pinsk and…
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Boris D. Bogen
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Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1930
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I weep, and am amazed. I have seen death so many times and have controlled myself. Have experienced so much torment, disgrace, and humiliation, and…
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Herman Kruk
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1942
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Passover preparations for a Civil War–era Union soldier included importing seven barrels of matzot and collecting weeds to substitute for the symbolic bitterness of horseradish.
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J. A. Joel
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Cleveland, United States of America
Date:
1866
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The creator of the popular ritual of placing an orange on the Seder plate describes exactly how this innovation arose, its intended significance, and the problematic erasure of its origins.
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Susannah Heschel
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Hanover, United States of America
Date:
2001
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And now I will reveal to you why we call the Sabbath before Passover “the Great Sabbath.”
Know that the minister of Egypt is Aries [the ram], and Scorpio, which is with Aries, and its angel is Samael…
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Solomon Molkho, Solomon Molkho
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Salonika, Kingdom of Italy
(Italy)
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First Quarter of the 16th Century
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To my brothers Jedaniah and his colleagues the Jewish Troop, your brother Hananiah.
May the gods seek the welfare of my brothers at all times.
And now, this year, year 5 of Darius the king, word has…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
Date:
419/418 BCE
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Dear Mo:
I se no way for you to keep Pesah at William Hanry thear fore you had batter come over hear the Sunday before than you neat not due any thing to your house to git the hamez out of your house…
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Aaron Hart
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Trois-Rivières, Kingdom of Great Britain
(Trois-Rivières, Canada)
Date:
1790
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To Hoshaiah. Your welfare (may DN seek after at all times).
Now, look after the children by yourself until Ahutab comes. Do not entrust them to others.
If their bread is ground, knead for them 1 qab,…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
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ca. 475 BCE
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I must revive the experiences of the revolutionary path traversed in order to share memories and knowledge with workers and the younger generation. They want and need to have an…
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A. Beilin
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1929
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On Saturdays, and on unusually busy days when my father could not take the time to come home to the noon dinner, it became my duty to take his midday meal down to him, very carefully packed in a large…
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Edna Ferber
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1939