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On the twelfth of the month of Elul in the year five thousand four hundred and eighty-nine, Menaḥem the scribe and teacher of young children in the community of Dessau, became the father of Moses,…
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Isaac Euchel
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1788
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All the letters in this beautiful new prayer book,
from beginning to end, I set with my own hands.
Gele, daughter of R. Moses the printer
and Frau Freide, who bore me among ten children, may they…
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Gele bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
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Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg
(Halle, Germany)
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1710
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They that went before were affrighted (Job 18:20); [they took] a path that many have trod, princes most honorable (Numbers 22:15); the customs of our fathers are in our hands [b. Shabbat 35b], and it…
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The Jewish Youth Confraternity of Asti
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Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia
(Asti, Italy)
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1619
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Those matters discussed in an earlier issue dedicated to the practice of indolka inspired the distinguished writer to write this fine article.
Everything that I am relating here is neither eloquent…
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Saliman Menahem Mani
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1885
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There were other inimical forces, too, besides the police and the Enemy, more uncanny and less palpable forces. When I dragged behind the nursemaid who held my younger brother by the hand…
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Georg Brandes
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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1905
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The Waters of Strife (Meribah)
What is it between me and you, O man of God, that you have come to me to remind me of my sin? (1 Kings 17:18)
Drops of oil fell into the pitcher of water. A…
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Judah Shteynberg
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(Edine?, Moldova)
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1896
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They are taking me to the town to go to school—let them take me. I will show them how I will learn there; and they ought to know this already, haven’t they seen and also…
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Rosa Jaffe
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine
(Jaffa, Israel)
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1902
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Children, onward. Children, onward!
Through this gate.
Every boy shall pass.
Whoever has a white flag,
Go to the right:
Whoever has a blue flag,
Go to the left.
Children, onward. Children, onward!
On…
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Yeḥiel Heilprin
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(Odesa, Ukraine)
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1912
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Look: the life and death of this organ [publication] is in your hands. If you wish, it will expand, flourish, and branch out in quality and quantity, and, if you wish, it will dry up, wither, and fade…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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1906
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I am not aware that the infancy of Vivian Grey was distinguished by any extraordinary incident. The solicitude of the most affectionate of mothers, and the…
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Benjamin Disraeli
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1826