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According to the workings of the natural order there are three periods through which each primordial nation passes from the time it comes into being until it passes from the scene and perishes:
- The…
Contributor:
Nachman Krochmal
Places:
Tarnopol, Austrian Empire (Ternopil, Ukraine)
Date:
1800-1840
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On the day of my abundant joy
illness suddenly overcame me
Birth pangs and rupture
overwhelmed me
I gave birth and died, like a blossom
I turned away
And the fruit of my womb was
brought with me to…
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Rebecca Henriquez da Costa
Places:
Cassipora, Dutch Colonial Empire (Cassipora, Suriname)
Date:
1771
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On the night of Simhat Torah 5575 [1814], the Seer closeted himself in his room on the second story of his home. The one window overlooking the wide Jewish street was open; it was very near to the…
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Alexander Zederbaum
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1867
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Some decades ago Jewish badkhonim-actors [jesters] were still a very common phenomenon. Most of the time the badkhn was not only an entertainer improvising rhymes and funny sayings, but…
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Dov Ber Slutsky
Date:
1936
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We, the screamers, have been at it now for about ten years. We started on the night when the epileptic van der Lubbe set fire to the German Parliament; we said that if you don’t quench those flames at…
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Arthur Koestler
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1944
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When the engagement of two parties occurs, many Jews are invited, young and old, and they gather in a big room and each of the young Jews has a new…
Contributor:
Johannes Buxtorf
Places:
Basel, Switzerland
Date:
1603
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Bischitz, Austrian Empire (Byšice, Czech Republic)
Date:
1855–1856