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Wasp hive in cow’s skull, Golan Heights. The hive is reminiscent of the swarm of bees and honey that Samson found in a lion’s carcass, which became the subject of his riddle (Judges 14:8).
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Golan Heights, Land of Israel (Israel)
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20th Century
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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
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1943
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Upon your nakedness a white day celebrates,
You who are [so] poor and so rich,
A wall of mountains has frozen,
Transparent like a deceptive vision,
Attached to the horizon.
Noon. The vastnesses of…
Contributor:
Esther Raab
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Cairo, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1923
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When night draws near your window, come to him naked.
Softly will he ripple and darken round your still beauty, touching the tips of your breasts.
I shall stand with him there, a stray wanderer…
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David Fogel
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Vienna, First Austrian Republic (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1923
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When you take the field against your enemies, and see horses and chariots—forces larger than yours—have no fear of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, is…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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Thus said the Lord:
Cursed is he who trusts in man,
Who makes mere flesh his strength,
And turns his thoughts from the Lord.
He shall be like a bush in the desert,
Which does not sense the coming…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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In answer to those who ask me whether or not it is permitted to paint the walls of the synagogue with pictures of grass, trees, and calyxes, we researched the question and our answer is as follows:
At…
Contributor:
Samuel Archevolti
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
Late 16th or Early 17th Century
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Many of the seal impressions, with the inscription lamelekh “(Belonging, or pertaining) to the king,” followed by the name of a city, feature a two-winged figure, probably a winged sun disk…
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Tel ‘Erani, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Erani, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB–IIC, Late 8th–7th Century BCE
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I saw my father drowning
In surging days.
His weak hand gave a last white flutter
In the distance—
And he was gone.
I kept on alone
Along the shore,
A boy still,
With small, thin legs,
And have…
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David Fogel
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Vienna, First Austrian Republic (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1923
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And if anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers who reside among them partakes of any blood, I will set My face against the person who partakes of the blood, and I will cut him off from…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period