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There is no need to provide evidence concerning the great value of folk songs when one wishes to study the history of a people—any people—and all it has undergone. Alongside the history books of each…
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Shaul Ginsburg, Peysakh Marek
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1898
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It seemed to us that there would be a real interest, for the natives and Arabists alike, to have between their hands a collection of ghernata [Granada] poetry as complete as possible and methodically…
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Edmond-Nathan Yafil
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Algiers, French Protectorate of Algeria
(Algiers, Algeria)
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1904
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The science of Folk-lore tries to explain in a scientific way the origin, growth and development of popular literature; it discovers the sources from which the popular fancy has drawn its materials…
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Moses Gaster
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(Oxford, United Kingdom)
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1886
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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)
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1893
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A peasant was transporting a large cart of hay. He had to pass through a low gateway, but the cart couldn’t pass under it. People advised the peasant to wear glasses with magnifying lenses, so that…
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S. Beilin
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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Second half of the 19th century
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Unknown
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ca. 1600
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Joseph Barsky
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1909
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Of all festivities celebrated among the Jews in southern Russia, the wedding ceremony has suffered the greatest loss of characteristic elements of folk tradition. Even among the poorest, weddings are…
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Shmuel Veisenberg
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1905
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Arthur Kolnik
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Paris, France
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1948
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The Lion’s Chancellor, the Wolf, was taken to court by all the animals, who complained that no living being was safe from his predatory jaws. “This insatiable creature…
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David Friedländer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1779