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Arnold Böcklin is dead—yet who among you knew that he lived? If I were to tell you that he was the man who knew how, with paintbrush dipped in colors upon a piece of canvas, to shake every heart…
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David Frishman
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1901
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My beloved wife Esther Sheindel, may you live long, since we, on account of our affection, once made a pact, as it were, that if one of us dies, the other should implore God’s mercy for the other to…
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Johann Conrad Weiss, Naphtali ha-Kohen Katz
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ca. 1718
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“Is it true, dear mother,
What grandfather tells us?
That a chalice stands in heaven
Before the throne of God?
“And with each blow struck us
At the hands of cruel men,
Does a tear fall in our…
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Shimon Frug
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(Russia, Russia)
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1882
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All the Jews of Morocco donned mourning clothes when the bad news reached them, and everyone wailed and wept in public—because R. Judah was beloved and cherished and highly honored for his integrity…
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Avraham S. Friedberg
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1893
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From the cradle to the grave,
A heavy burden crushes us . . .
Constrains the mind, destroys our strength,
Wreathes our brow with thorns . . .
And yet, with amazing power
Our lips run along the…
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Aleksander Kraushar
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Kraków, Russian Empire
(Poland, Poland)
Date:
1890
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There are many riddles in life,
Mounds and mounds of answers too;
The wise men have many solutions,
The morons have a desire for life.
Once a wise man told me:
“There is one essence of being,
Only…
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Jacob Steinberg
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1907