Title Page for His Version of Salamone de Rossi’s Hashirim asher le-Shelomoh (The Songs of Solomon)
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A whole world of railways appeared in our time
They carry their passengers—poor men and rich.
Admire the wonder, but bear this in mind:
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Psalm 92, Od yenuvun (They Shall Still Bring Forth)
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Statement upon the Publication of Denkschrift an die hochgeehrte Wiener israelitische Cultus (Memorandum to the Esteemed Viennese Israelite Religious Community)
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The Flower
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…