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Hershele:For a long time . . . The first evening that you were with us, on Hanuka . . . you said that . . . that Freydenyu . . . my wife’s niece . . . that . . .
Mischief:What could I have said…
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Jacob Gordin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1900
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Lazăr:My friend Matei has a doctorate in law as well.
Șor:Another one. That much I understand. A doctor in medicine is feeding on the sick; a doctor in law is feeding on the quarrelsome, but what…
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Moise Ronetti-Roman
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Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1900
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Hanin,‘Abd al-Khaliq, Ilyas, Butrus, and those [actors] previously mentioned.
Hanin:Good morning, Mitri! Bonjour, Istifan!
Mitri:What morning? It’s noon already, you wino!
‘Abd al-Khaliq:And…
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Ya‘qub Sannu‘
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Beirut, Ottoman Empire (Beirut, Lebanon)
Date:
1912
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Alberti, Commander of the Florentine Army
Lorenso D’Medici, surnamed the Magnificent
Ippolito, betrothed to Antonia
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Isaac Harby
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Charleston, United States of America
Date:
1819
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Zetim:How blessed and how happy must that man
A thousand times be called who acknowledges
One God alone, a single entity.
Gerizim:How happy and how blessed must he be
Who in God’s holy Law meditates
B…
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Reuel Jessurun
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1624
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Terah:Who is he and where is he [see Esther 7:6], who against the Ba‘al idol
Sent forth his hand like an adversary, with impudence?
Who is this evil one…
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Moses Zacuto
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1642
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King:
What is this dream, which I have dreamt?
Who, indeed…
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Joseph Penso de la Vega
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1668
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Rebecca:You, Sir, are the cause of his great impudence.
Isaac:Am I really the instrument?
Rebecca:Yes, for you love him for four birds of flight [he hunts for you]. You very much relish the stew he…
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Unknown
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1699
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[ . . . ] reb azrielke:
God’s world is great and holy. The holiest land in the world is the Land of Israel. In the Land of Israel the holiest city is Jerusalem. In Jerusalem the holiest place was the…
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Sh. An-ski
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1920
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One year later, a Sunday afternoon. The front room. jacob is giving his son mordecai [uncle morty] a haircut, newspapers spread around the base of the chair. moe is reading a newspaper…
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Clifford Odets
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1935