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When I heard that Isaac Kornfeld, a man of piety and brains, had hanged himself in the public park, I put a token in the subway stile and journeyed out to see the tree. [ . . . ]
[ . . . ] On the day…
Contributor:
Cynthia Ozick
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1966
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Being a Jew means running forever to God
even if you are His betrayer,
means expecting to hear any day,
even if you are a nay sayer,
the blare of Messiah’s horn;
means, even if you wish to,
you…
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Aaron Zeitlin
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1947
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Truth descends to the stage in a pillar of fire.
Truth:I come to dispel shadows with eternal light.
Error:What difficulties do I see?
Will:What do I see?
Intellect:Is it not Truth whom I adore?
False…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1665
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Beautiful mistress mine,
upon whose snow at dawn
the rose is forming
on fields of mother of pearl.
Pure and lovely lily,
who amid coral protects itself
from the pure crystals
that the…
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Antonio Enríquez Gómez
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17th Century
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite said in reply:
If one ventures a word with you, will it be too much?
But who can hold back his words?
See, you have encouraged many;
You have strengthened…
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Zophar the Naamathite said in reply: [ . . . ]
Do you not know this, that from time immemorial,
Since man was set on earth,
The joy of the wicked has been brief,
The happiness of the…
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My son, heed the discipline of your father,
And do not forsake the instruction of your mother;
For they are a graceful wreath upon your head,
A necklace about your throat.
My son, if sinners…
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What is this sound of tumult that I hear—
Roaring of the sea, not burbling of the brook
Like the roar of a lion or a tiger?
I am in great danger and do not know
If my time approaches when I must…
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Moses Zacuto
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
Mid–17th Century
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Already (Lord) with humility,
fearing my perdition,
in a sea of contrition
I seek port in Thy pity.
Against Thy immense goodness
I sinned. My sorrow warns me,
that of the error of Thy offending
my…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1665
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It was a winter day. The streets of Vienna were dirty and shrouded with the mud of the snows that were falling, only to be melted immediately under the feet of the passersby. A dense and heavy smoke…
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Ben-Yitsḥak Saserdote
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Türkiye, Turkey)
Date:
1910