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Sometimes, when I think of my past in a superficial, casual way, the metamorphosis I have gone through strikes me as nothing short of a miracle. I was born and…
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Abraham Cahan
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1917
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Going home on airless Elbow Street,
at three o’clock in the morning.
Lead me toward goodness, my God!
Peace-flowers bloom in these gray stones
and this dawn sky is peace.
Do You love me still, my…
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Zoltán Somlyó
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Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1911
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In the year 5473 [1713] since the creation of, the world, from the moment it began the plague fell upon us because of our many sins. In the community we still had no one ill nor bad air in the country…
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Moses Eisenstadt
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1713
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Here is a song that I created,
well composed and uncomplicated;
you can call it a song or call it a dirge.
I’d like to tell you some of my troubles:
some men have problems by…
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Ḥayim Yom-Tob Magula
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1739
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Edom:Chase that filthy beggar away from my door!
Jonen:God punishes those who despise the poor.
Israel:Edom sees my tatters and feels…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1683/4
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Yakhne-Brayne [Reading slowly and with difficulty so that the words run together in a monotone.]:“And God caused the Temple to be destroyed and said, ‘I will remember your sins and you will devour…
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David Pinski
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1906
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Insofar as the true remedy for assuaging the Lord’s wrath is to turn from evil and do good, and since the best of all benevolent actions is to give alms, whereby, according to sacred scripture, one…
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The Hebra Honen Dalim (Merciful to the Poor) Society of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1625
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Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to praise the One who created us in His honor, for the great goodness that He bestowed upon us. For from this day forward we will not fear the multitudes of people…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1588
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No matter what the body of the Nation, be it in the form of a kingdom or a republic, it comprises various classes of people; as for the nobles, who make the state blossom through commerce, increased…
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Isaac de Pinto
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1748
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For Joseph Kohen Balarin of blessed memory, to his brother, in Prague.
Wisdom brings strength to the wise, dear brother from a city of strength, elevated leader and rabbi, my brother and head, may…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1615