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Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
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Bielsk, Russian Empire
(Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
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1862
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The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim judgment upon it; for their wickedness has come before Me.
Jonah, however, started…
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Biblical Period
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Shepherds had dug a well in the field
but herds of others encircled it.
They left, roaming the mountain trails,
the shepherds who had dug it.
Oh, oh, oh! Desert oases . . .
the lanes of the herd…
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Emanuel Zamir
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1956
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Under the roof of the oldest synagogue in Prague (the Altneuschul), because of the belief that misfortune would meet the workers, there is preserved, in its primeval form and color, a piece of trunk…
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Ludwig A. Frankl
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1836
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The year 5573 (1813) was a leap year (in the Jewish calendar). On the twenty-fourth of Nisan, the Sabbath right after Passover, after midday, the skies became overcast and…
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Jonah ben Gabriel
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Arbil, Ottoman Empire
(Erbil, Iraq)
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ca. 1843
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Eric A. Kimmel
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Portland, United States of America
Date:
1989
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They said that before Abraham was created, Nimrod denied belief in God, Blessed Be God, vaunted himself, and then asserted that he was a god. The ancients in his time used to worship and prostrate…
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Unknown
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Early 16th Century|before 1519
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Here I begin; listen to me, great and small.
Once there was a mighty king—as in the stories begun by girls. His peer in virtue was not to be found. He had a land that was stately indeed. He…
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Elye Bokher
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1508/9
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It was quite an adventure. The night was moonless and cool. The children had heard that demons lurk outside, ready to attack those who dare to go out on a dark night. There was also talk of corpses…
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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New York, United States of America
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1975
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This is no fairy tale, it really happened.
In our shtetl, there was a bright young man named Móyshele. He was as smart as a whip, and also a good-for-nothing. Then all at once he disappeared, and no…
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Sonya the Wise Woman (Sonya Naimark)
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1908