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In the evening through her garden
Wanders the Alcalde’s daughter;
Festal sounds of drum and trumpet
Ring out hither from the castle.
“I am weary of the dances,
Honeyed words of adulation
From the…
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Heinrich Heine
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Göttingen, German Confederation
(Göttingen, Germany)
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1827
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Translated by Noa Stollman.
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Etgar Keret
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Somerville, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
2000
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Leslie Kimmelman
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Morton Grove, United States of America
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2000
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I wish to praise God
who is great in praises,
who created for man
all kinds of flowers,
and they all are singular
in their colors and scents
and of all the best ones
was the musk flower.
Above all…
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Unknown
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1702
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When I heard that Meir the teacher had exchanged his glory for futility, I said:
They call him Meir, but he has no light, for all the lights around him have gone dim.
Indeed, he has a thick cloud…
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Abraham Bukrat
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Early 16th Century
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I will raise the matter of trimming the beard
He trims it away like leaven [on the eve of Passover]
He leaves only a small goatee.
One more…
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Unknown
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16th Century
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We should praise God eternally and proclaim His wonders, for He is revered and venerated by pious souls. He is powerful both on earth and in Heaven. His praise is unfathomable, no one can laud Him…
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Elye Bokher
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1507
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Kohn practiced an important profession, the most important after that of God. He was arranging life. […]
[…] And from what does this personage, second only to God, live? He is given a part of the…
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Adam Biro
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Paris, France
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1998
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Because of an error on the part of the graphic artist, the map of the world was printed without Switzerland. The country was swallowed up in the mauve of France, the blue of Germany, the Italian…
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Dror Burstein
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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2004
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At the end, after the thermonuclear war between the Djanks and Druzhkies, in consequence of which they had destroyed themselves, and, madly, all other inhabitants of the earth, God spoke through a…
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Bernard Malamud
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1982