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While he was on his journey, Elijah the Prophet revealed himself to him and said: “Because of the merit of your behavior a son will be born to you who will bring light to Israel…
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A peasant was transporting a large cart of hay. He had to pass through a low gateway, but the cart couldn’t pass under it. People advised the peasant to wear glasses with magnifying lenses, so that…
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S. Beilin
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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Second half of the 19th century
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I have a story here to tell
To all my children—you as well.
Hush, dear friends, be very still—
Hear my story, if you will.
There’s a land that’s quite remote,
Beyond the reach of train or boat;
Even…
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Mani Leib, El Lissitzky
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(Russia, Russia)
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1918
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From Kiev I took a wagon heading for Zhitomir. Few of my readers will still remember the long coach wagons in which the past generation traveled before the railroads…
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Yehudah Katzenelson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1917
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Politishes verter-bukh (A Dictionary of Political Terms) is an anonymous work billed as “an interpretation of the strange words that are used in Yiddish newspapers, journals, and political and…
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
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1907
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Shlof, shlof, shlof,
Der tateh vet kumen in dorf,
Vet er brengn an epeleh,
Vet zayn gezunt dos kepele.
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
Daddy is traveling to the village,
He will bring back a little apple,
So…
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
Late 19th–Early 20th Century
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Zion my innocent one, Zion my desired,
To thee my soul yearns from far away;
May I forget my right hand should I forget thee, my beauty,
Until my grave is sealed upon me . . .
May my tongue cleave…
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Menachem Mendl Dolitzki
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1887
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This tale is very different from the other stories and more interesting. [ . . . ]
A melámmed was in his home, and he was so starved that his belly…
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A. Litvin, Sonya the Wise Woman (Sonya Naimark)
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1917
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“Miss Duncan? The dancer? What is that—ballet?” No, it is not ballet. Missing here are the two predominant elements that make up modern ballet: there is neither dance technique nor women wearing…
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Arkadii Georgevich Gornfeld
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
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1905
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Admittedly, it is true that all our hearts will be filled with feelings of astonishment when we recall the giant steps that the new generation has taken upon the peaks of the sciences and forms of…
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Abraham Harkavy
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1864