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“And you, O mortal, take a brick and put it in front of you, and incise on it a city, Jerusalem. Set up a siege against it, and build towers against it, and cast a mound against it; pitch…
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Uriyahu son of Ragga . . . (ephah measures)
Nehemyahu son of Yehoaz 8
Neriyahu son of Saaryahu 5(?)
Ahikam son of Shemayahu 7
Gaham 5(?)
Yedayahu 5(?)
Gemaryahu 5(?)
[ . . . ]yahu 5(?)
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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7th Century BCE
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When “Papa” Gonta bore down on Tetayev at the head of his Cossack army in the summer of 1768, the little town had a strange look about it: the houses large and small stood desolate…
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Asher Barash
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Haifa, Mandate Palestine (Haifa, Israel)
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1925
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On the eve of the Day of Atonement, in the afternoon, I changed from the express to the local train that runs to my home town. The Jews who had traveled with me got…
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1938
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At home I have a blue piano,
I, who cannot play a note.
It stands in the gloom of the cellar door,
now that the world has grown coarse.
The four hands of the stars play there
—the moonwife sang…
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Else Lasker-Schüler
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1943
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A mighty gust of a cruel wind slid down from Mount Carmel toward the street.
After having flooded its lights, its tumult and the aromas emanating from its restaurants, it continued making its way to…
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Sami Michael
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1955
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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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To Elyashib: And now, give to the Kittim 1 bath and 3 hin of wine and write the date. And from the surplus of the best flour you shall load 1 kor (?) to make bread for them. From the wine of the…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lachish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, Late 8th Century BCE
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About a thousand items that had accumulated over time were found in the repository of Cave 25 in the Ketef Hinnom cemetery. They included jewelry, ivory and bone inlays, arrowheads, tools, and a large…
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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Centuries BCE