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Once upon a time in a small village a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a little one-room hut. Because they were so crowded, the man and his wife often…
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Margot Zemach
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1977
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Incline your ear and listen to the words of the sages;Pay attention to my wisdom.It is good that you store them inside you,And that all of them be constantly on your lips,That you may…
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Biblical Period
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One day, Elijah the Prophet was walking down the road. It was a bright, sunny day. Tree branches blew softly in the wind, and small birds chirped around his head. As he walked, he began to think about…
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Nina Jaffe
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New York, United States of America
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1997
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This is the story of what happened to Rabbi Simeon the Great, who lived in Mayence on the Rhine. Now Rabbi Simeon, he had three big mirrors hanging in his home. And in these mirrors…
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Jacob Pollak
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Basel, Holy Roman Empire
(Germany)
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Late 16th Century
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Uri Shulevitz
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New York, United States of America
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1978
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Most important is to listen to the soul bird, because sometimes it calls us and we don’t hear it.
This is a shame – it wants to tell us about ourselves.
It wants to tell us about the feelings that…
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Michal Snunit
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1984
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I, Koheleth, was king in Jerusalem over Israel. I set my mind to study and to probe with wisdom all that happens under the sun.—An unhappy business, that, which God gave men to be…
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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[These are the wor]ds of one Ahiqar, a wise and skillful scribe, which he taught his son. N[ow he did not have offspring of his own, but] he said, “I shall nevertheless have a son!” Prior…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
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Fifth Century BCE
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A Lion on his deathbed lay.
There’s truth in every word I say.
He was gravely ill indeed.
Then came to him a goodly host
Of all the forest-dwelling beasts.
They came most eagerly…
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Unknown
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1595