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Theology teaches us that when God the Eternal formed man He gave him an extra rib. This rib was destined for the formation of woman in order that this creature, who was to become the rich…
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Elissa Lisbonne
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Avignon, Second French Empire
(Avignon, France)
Date:
1865
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Meanwhile the queen, wracked by internal anguish,
invites the king and Haman to her banquet
and in joyous hope awaits the sacred stream
of divine mercy form the holy fount-head;
her humble soul bowed…
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João Pinto Delgado
Places:
Rouen, Kingdom of France
(Rouen, France)
Date:
17th Century
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To one who honors you, Lord, be just,
And may my sonorous work be blessed.
Dear lord, by your will be it wrought
That out of nothing comes a new Thought.
Let it be pure, proud, faithful…
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Catulle Mendès
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Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1900
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Édouard Moyse
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Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1897
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“Blessed be He who shows loving kindness to the undeserving, for he requited me with every kindness” in the dead of night, on Monday, in the early morning of the 9th of Kislew…
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Asher Halevi of Reichshofen
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Alsace, Kingdom of France
(Alsace, France)
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1625–1629
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Simeon ben Naphtali
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Marckolsheim, Kingdom of France
(Marckolsheim, France)
Date:
1662
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Carpentras, Papal States
(Carpentras, France)
Date:
1540/1
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Hear, O Israel!
Will you never tire of repeating in your prayers:
“Praised be the Eternal, who avengeth my injuries,
Who protecteth my rights, who supporteth me in need,
Who crusheth my foes, who…
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André Spire
Places:
Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1907
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Let us chant, my brothers,
this dirge together,
for God severed our hands
by this disaster.
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Unknown
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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ca. 1827
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Of all religious phenomena, there are few which, even when considered merely from the outside, give such an immediate impression of life, richness and complexity as…
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Marcel Mauss
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Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1909