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Face to face, the Lord spoke with your whole community, who fear his name.
Indeed, you saw his greatness at Sinai; indeed, you heard the voice of his speech.
He revealed to me the secret of the law…
Contributor:
Faradji Chouat
Places:
Beja, Ottoman Empire
(Beja, Tunisia)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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“It is only because the Lord was with us,”
says the old Israel;
in You lies holiness,
Israel’s praises.
“It is only because the Lord was with us,”
You elevated us above other men,
You saved us from…
Contributor:
Abraham Toledo
Date:
1732
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Moses who was God’s unique messenger,
Who revealed the Path of God to humankind,
In God’s Presence at Mount Sinai
He received knowledge and insight,
The Torah, the Truth, and the Path
He accepted…
Contributor:
‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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Every day, I ask all those that pass by the shepherd’s tents,
What is all this, why is all this?
Has my beloved had a change of heart, and abandoned his flock forever,
And rejected them, and…
Contributor:
Judah Alkaletz
Places:
Algiers, Ottoman Empire
(Algiers, Algeria)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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When, through God’s guiding grace,
The prophet Joshua and the Hebrews
Encamped before the town of Jericho,
Besieging it from every side,
They…
Contributor:
Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, ‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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When Jephthah set out for the road
He did so full of happiness and joy.
He had a daughter, a solitary cypress,
Her visage fairyborn; two…
Contributor:
Aaron ben Mashiaḥ
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1692