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[…] I made the mistake of stopping in for Sabbath services. Dutifully I tried praying but was distracted by the dance of light reflecting from people’s wedding rings on the walls. When everyone stood…
Contributor:
Daniel Asa Rose
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2000
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Jacob was having such a wonderful week! First he had his birthday and got all those wonderful gifts, then he became a Jewish boy, and then—he got to stay up on Friday evening!
Mother…
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Clara Asscher-Pinkhof, Leo Pinkhof
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1918
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Saturday is the worst of the week. Whenever I touch anything on this day, straightway there comes a voice: Don’t do that, today it’s a sin.
“Sin?” I ask.
Says Mother: “Sin is that for which the Good…
Contributor:
Károly Pap
Places:
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
(Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1937
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One Sabbath eve, as darkness fell, Noah lay hidden among the thorns and thistles growing under the fences outside the quarter and waited. He knew that Marinka would be returning this way from her…
Contributor:
Chaim Nahman Bialik
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1909