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Song for Simkhes Toyre
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Our God is one. You are my God:     Hallelujah! Who created me, body and soul:      Hallelujah! You created Heaven and earth:      Hallelujah! We will praise You forever:      Hallelujah! You…

Contributor:

Rebecca Tiktiner

Places:

Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)

Date:

Second Half of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Simḥat Torah, Prayer & liturgy, Women, Piety

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy, Poetry
Ner mitsvah (Light of the Commandment): On Hanukkah
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And this, too, must be said, that the main reason for establishing the days of Hanukkah is because they [the Jews] were victorious over the Greeks. However, it did not appear that the victory was…

Contributor:

Judah Loew

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1600

Subjects:

Holidays, Hanukkah, Temple, Midrash, Ritual & observance, Prayer & liturgy

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy
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Gevurot ha-shem (Mighty Acts of the Lord): On Passover
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And we may remove the [Seder] table, so that the young child should express wonder at why we are removing the table; for surely it would be appropriate to eat now that we are already leaning…

Contributor:

Judah Loew

Places:

Prague, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Passover, Ritual & observance, Prayer & liturgy

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy