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Tiberias, Land of Israel
(Tiberias, Israel)
Date:
ca. 925
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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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Rehoboam:You have no ambition to govern . . . I know you, Ephraimite. [ . . . ] Speak like a man, Jeroboam! What did you come to look for in Israel? Why didn’t you stay in Egypt? And don’t say you…
Contributor:
Nissim Aloni
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1954
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What makes a book like this more than just a collection of excerpts, strung together interchangeably? What makes it a book? If I were to say it had been a matter of selection, who would venture to…
Contributor:
S. Y. Agnon
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1959
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At home I have a blue piano,
I, who cannot play a note.
It stands in the gloom of the cellar door,
now that the world has grown coarse.
The four hands of the stars play there
—the moonwife sang…
Contributor:
Else Lasker-Schüler
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1943
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Your light is sweet and pleasing for my heart’s joy and gladness,
O my soul’s beloved, my full desire is that I never depart from your presence.
My plan, each day and night, is to find favor in the…
Contributor:
Eleazar Azikri
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1584–1588
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54. There are two paths toward faith; one is the absolutely true one, and the other is the rational one. The latter changes in accordance with the times. There are occasions when, if…
Contributor:
Abraham Isaac Kook
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1920
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40. When the tradition concerning the opposition of the sea and its confederates to the will of the Creator of the…
Contributor:
Umberto Cassuto
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1943
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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