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The time (in which we live) is truly “a time to work for the Almighty,” and great is the responsibility now falling upon every Jew with the ability to do so. [ . . . ] All the lands of the diaspora…
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Chaim Ozer Grodzensky
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Vilna, Republic of Lithuania
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1934
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For the leader. A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had come to Bathsheba.
Have mercy upon me, O God,
as befits Your faithfulness;
in keeping with Your abundant…
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David de Aron Uziel Cardoso
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1714
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David de Castro Tartas
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1666
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980. It is written in Re’shit ḥokhmah [The Beginning of Wisdom (1579), by Elijah de Vidas]: The name of the Ten Days of Repentance indicates that they were ordained to amend the year. They are days of…
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Joseph Yuspa Hahn Nordlingen
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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17th Century
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985. The ancient custom of kaparot [having a chicken slaughtered after symbolically transferring one’s sins to it] is well known; I will only write that my custom is also to say, based on the Maharal…
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Joseph Yuspa Hahn Nordlingen
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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17th Century
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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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Sa‘adia Longo
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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End of the 16th Century
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The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, which was the first year of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. This is…
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Then, with the whole congregation of Israel standing, the king faced about and blessed the whole congregation of Israel. He said: “Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with…
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A poem by King Hezekiah of Judah when he recovered from the illness he had suffered:
I had thought:
I must depart in the middle of my days;
I have been consigned to the gates of Sheol
For the rest…
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