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Friends, let’s celebrate this day—Viva!
Purim, occasion to be gay—Viva!
Safe and free from Haman’s wrong,
Let’s shout in unison this song—Viva, viva, viva . . .
Esther, brilliant as the sun—Viva!
G…
Contributor:
Moses L. Penha
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Date:
1847
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Louis Lewandowski
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1876
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Dramatic poem by Angiolo Orvieto
Music by Giacomo Orefice
Contributor:
Angiolo Orvieto
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Florence, Kingdom of Italy
(Florence, Italy)
Date:
1905
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Where everyone travels, in the middle of the road,
there is a wonderful flower.
It’s been lying there and rotting for several days now.
The wind blows it around,
and it cries out and weeps a great…
Contributor:
Elyokum Tsunzer
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
Date Unknown, 19th-early 20th century
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Terah’s wife is pregnant
day after day she turned pale,
she already knew what she had
but she did not reveal it to her husband.
One day she went out to fields and vineyards,
she found a cavern and…
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Unknown
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(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia)
Date:
ca. 1800
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“Good morning, Master of the universe!
I, Levi-Yitzchok of Berdytschev, have come to hold
Judgment with You concerning Your people Israel.
What have You against Israel?
Why have you imposed…
Contributor:
Levi Isaac of Berdichev
Places:
Berdyczów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Berdychiv, Ukraine)
Date:
ca. 1790
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So let’s drink whisky, brothers—
let’s hope we live to drink again.
Let’s drink now—enough of eating.
How can you forget about whisky for so long!
If we didn’t have whisky,
how would we live in this…
Contributor:
Mikhl Gordon
Places:
Žagarė, Russian Empire
(Žagarė, Lithuania)
Date:
ca. 1868