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Dedicated to the Great Lord of Hosts.
Supreme and merciful God,
my affection to Your lofty and just compassion
dedicates to You today
the exordia of my muse.
Protect, immense Lord,
my coarse and…
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David del Valle Saldaña
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1733
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Reason:Righteousness, beloved of my soul, may your heart be of good courage. Gird yourself with vigor, for, the further salvation seems to be…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Early 18th Century–1740
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Where will you camp, O my ibex, for whom I yearn?
Where will you drip the droplets of your wine and your dew—O formidable one?
If you bring up your beauty to heaven on high,
You will dim…
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Isaac ‘Uziel
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Early 17th Century
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The turning wheel runs round and round.
It opens and closes the exit of my gate.
Noisily it turns for ruin and destruction.
My head is split, my entrails spilled.
It chases and it catches…
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Solomon de Oliveyra
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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17th Century
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Salomon Saveri
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1634
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Daniel Henriques de Castro
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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ca. 1860
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Max Liebermann
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1876
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Dense crowds proceed at dawn
Through Theresienstadt’s still empty streets
Five abreast curving around corners into squares.
The beast checks if anybody has stumbled.
Today God’s chosen people are…
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Else Dormitzer
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Theresienstadt, German-occupied Czechoslovakia
(Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto, Czech Republic)
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1943
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Hendrik Doncker
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1688
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Abraham de Chaves
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1687