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I sinned, so Time has weighed me down with chains;
therefore I can’t attend you in your joy.
But though my chariots—my feet—are slow,
Do not refuse the wish of your anointed (Psalms 132:10).
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Contributor:
Sa‘adia Longo
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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“I’m called the offspring of the grape,” said the wine. “People drink me fervently, and I’m very fine. I can make people joke and jibe, I can drive away their terrible pains, I can delight their…
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Zalman Sofer
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
Date:
1517
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What is this sound of tumult that I hear—
Roaring of the sea, not burbling of the brook
Like the roar of a lion or a tiger?
I am in great danger and do not know
If my time approaches when I must…
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Moses Zacuto
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
Mid–17th Century
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Already (Lord) with humility,
fearing my perdition,
in a sea of contrition
I seek port in Thy pity.
Against Thy immense goodness
I sinned. My sorrow warns me,
that of the error of Thy offending
my…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1665
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Now I would also like to sing a bit,
With my poor voice,
Of things that have happened recently,
Which everyone ought to know:
Of the plague and pestilence,
That have happened here this time
In the…
Contributor:
Elye Bokher
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1514
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As on this month’s last day,
the moon is waning,
make my sins wane, O Lord,
my merits flourish.
I know my heart is hard—
a wicked web whose threads are sin—
and I deserve the fire
for weaving wrong…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
17th Century