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My most pious songs have I written
On rising from my sinful bed.
God has given me a wealth of sins,
And God alone has saved me from my sins.
Translated by David Soeterndorp.
Contributor:
Jacob Israël de Haan
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1924
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To Section I, which deals with the Haggadah itself, I have added six other sections.
Section II, entitled “Moses, our Teacher,” is a collation of midrashim, which discuss his attributes…
Contributor:
Menachem M. Kasher
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1948
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Oh my God, my God,
Mighty One of my existence,
have mercy on Your lost son
who has wandered from the ancestral path
and, exiled to cold and unfamiliar climes,
sought to be close to You,
but has not…
Contributor:
Hillel Bavli
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1923
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When God’s holy law is read out
Do you think I forget one bold lust?
And enjoying each lust with fearing,
Do you think I know not God’s law?
Translated by David Soeterndorp.
Contributor:
Jacob Israël de Haan
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1924
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My heart overflows inside me [see Psalms 45:2]; my heart, my heart moans [see Jeremiah 4:19], racing back and forth [see Ezekiel 1:14]; I am astounded by a voice, a voice that calls to me, saying to…
Contributor:
Moses Alsheikh
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1590
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O my soul’s beloved, merciful father, drag your servant to do your will!
Your…
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Eleazar Azikri
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1584–1588
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Are you Avraham’s, Yitzhak’s, Yaakov’s?
Are you my mother’s god?
What’s mine of all this?
What did I take by force of hand
and why am I alone
in a city meant to be my city
on account of a mother born…
Contributor:
Natan Zach
Places:
Haifa, Israel
Date:
1992
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What is the place of the idolatry that is reflected in the Bible?
This idolatry is not a representation perverted for the sake of polemic; nor is it an artificial…
Contributor:
Yehezkel Kaufmann
Places:
Atlanta, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1951
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Holy books, said my friend, angry,
there’s no such thing. Books,
books: let them talk
to us about books.
It was a hot night.
At noon light rips
through the room, and everything’s clear:
over the…
Contributor:
Meir Wieseltier
Places:
Berkeley, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1986