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Untitled (In Praise of Poverty)
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If Tarshish would hand out its gold and diamonds And the deep waters a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst What does it have to do with me? And why should I ask for it? While I am alive I will not be…

Contributor:

Saliman Menahem Mani

Places:

French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia, Tunisia)

Date:

1894

Subjects:

Poverty, Piety, Life cycle, Economic life, Death, Poetry

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Poetry
Piyyut in Honor of R. Faradji Chaouat
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O our God! O our God!May Rabbi Frājī be with us.Come, people, and hear what happened   to Rabbi Frājī, how he passed on.He sent after the gozbar   and said to him “Come before us.”When the gozbar cam…

Contributor:

Makhlouf Nadjar

Places:

Sousse, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Sousse, Tunisia)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Arabic, Jewish languages, Poetry, Prayer & liturgy, Jewish identity

Categories:

Poetry