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The mystery of prayer on the days of Rosh Hashanah presents itself with characteristic familiarity: it reveals itself to those who want to fulfill it, and eludes those who want only to know it.
Prayer…
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Berlin, Nazi Germany
(Berlin, Germany)
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1936
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them:
You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
You shall each revere his mother and his…
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Observe the month of Abib and offer a passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, for it was in the month of Abib, at night, that the Lord your God freed you from Egypt. You shall slaughter the…
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But when we live in houses of hewn stone…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Metz, Kingdom of France
(Metz, France)
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1744
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This Sabbath hymn, Lekhah dodi (“Come, my beloved”), is now a prominent part of the Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming the Sabbath) evening service, first instituted in the sixteenth century. It has been…
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Abraham Farissol, Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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16th Century
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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…
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Rebecca Tiktiner
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Second Half of the 16th Century
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Her bitter soul is anguished, because of her ailing wound.
The city one teeming with people is desolate, the Holy City that she had inherited.
For the glorious, sweet land, tears descend like a…
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Michael Müllner, Netanel Crescas
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First Half of the 17th Century
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27. On the eve of the Sabbath they light the oven in the home of the beadle, where they bake cakes and roast what is required for the Sabbath. They also boil the pots for the needs of…
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Yuspa Shamash
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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17th Century
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Human follies, silver and gold and possessions,
Last only shortly on earth, and like flies, they fly away.
Wealth flowers like abundant grain, or like a tree’s boughs,
It bears recognizable fruit…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
(Modena, Italy)
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1626
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During the days of Shavuot, quite a number of householders, accompanied by their sons, their wives and their infant children, would rise early each morning and walk outside the city, and outside the…
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The Jewish Community of Corfu
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Corfu, Republic of Venice
(Corfu, Greece)
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ca. 1700