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Her bitter soul is anguished, because of her ailing wound.
The city one teeming with people is desolate, the Holy City that she had inherited.
For the glorious, sweet land, tears descend like a…
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Michael Müllner, Netanel Crescas
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First Half of the 17th Century
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In a dingy kitchen
Facing a Ghetto backyard
An old woman is chanting Jeremiah’s Lamentations,
Quaveringly,
Out of a Hebrew Bible.
The gaslight flares and falls . . .
This night,
Two thousand…
Contributor:
Alter Brody
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1918
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Contributor:
Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1725
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The sages say, that at the time the Syrian-African Rift
occurred, the celestial inhabitants were not
up-to-date. Each man was engaged
at his trade. In grinding…
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Avot Yeshurun
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1973
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A song of ascents.
When the Lord restores the fortunes of Zion
—we see it as in a dream—
our mouths shall be filled with laughter,
our tongues, with songs of joy.
Then shall they say among the…
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Biblical Period