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And the sages have stated, in regard to the reward of those who serve the Almighty and carry out His will in this world, in Song of Songs Rabbah 6:8: Anyone who occupies himself with the Torah in this…
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Aaron Berekhiah of Modena
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
(Modena, Italy)
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1626
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Even after the crowd had dispersed, I couldn’t bring myself to leave the Tsirkin farm. The longer I stood watching, the more stagnant the clear water grew, forming a green nightmare of slime before my…
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Meir Shalev
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1988
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At the time when the florid season,
joyful springtime of life,
the tender infancy of its ardent age,
made its first step in the Orient
placing flower before Aprils
to my first juvenile…
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Diego Basurto Henríquez
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Rouen, Kingdom of France
(Rouen, France)
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1649
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“The State of Israel is a distant dream,” said Jeremiah, “and my dream is close by.” I knew, of course, what he meant, but I wanted to continue talking about the subject that preoccupied me more than…
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Dorit Orgad
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Bnei Brak, Israel
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1988
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Groningen, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Groningen, Netherlands)
Date:
1794
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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1754
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Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger
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Amsterdam, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1820
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In 1829, German Jewish metallurgist Lewis Feuchtwanger attempted to introduce a metal alloy known as “German silver” into U.S. coinage, promoting this nickel silver as a less-expensive alternative for…
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Lewis Feuchtwanger
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New York City, United States of America
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1837
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Artist Unknown
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Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia
(Gdańsk, Poland)
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1838
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Artist Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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1858–1859