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Beth Shemesh, Land of Israel
(Tel Bet Shemesh, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE
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Toward the end of the reign of Moulay Hassan, there was a cadi whose avarice was so great that he was likened to a tomb, for the tomb, ever receiving, never gives anything back. The cadi accepted…
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Elisa Chimenti
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1950
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You shall set aside every year a tenth part of all the yield of your sowing that is brought from the field. You shall consume the tithes of your new grain and wine and oil, and the firstlings of…
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I know a town in White Russia [Belarus] on the River Dnieper. Its name is Shklov. I was born there, went to heder there, which is why I know it so well.
The flame of life burns calmly…
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Zalman Shneour
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Vilna, Second Polish Republic
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1929
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A mighty gust of a cruel wind slid down from Mount Carmel toward the street.
After having flooded its lights, its tumult and the aromas emanating from its restaurants, it continued making its way to…
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Sami Michael
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1955
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Through the large portal of “The Jewish Gauchos,” one of the most moving literary tributes to the Republic in the first hundred years after the May Revolution of 1810, Dr. Noé Yarcho, the “miracle…
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Pablo Schvartzman
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1963
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Realizing that life is not in the hands of man but is governed by the only living God Almighty in whom I believe and adore, whose Divine Mosaic Law I, His slave, follow and venerate with all my heart…
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Abraham Mendes de Castro
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1752
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Suddenly the front door creaked open.
Grandpa put a finger to his lips and pulled Benny into the shadows.
In walked a man in a tattered coat.
He took the bag of bagels from the Ark.
“O Lord, I was…
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Aubrey Davis
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Toronto, Canada
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2003
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
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18th century
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Charity is only one part of maasim tovim, but it is a very important part. The most popular word for it in the shtetl is tsdokeh. This is one of the Hebrew words which have been incorporated into the…
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Mark Zborowski, Elizabeth Herzog
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1952