Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Prohibition of Eating Blood
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…
Family Laws
If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him sons, but the first-born is the son of the unloved one—when he wills his property to his…
A Ruling about Inheritance by Daughters
The daughters of Zelophehad, of Manassite family—son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh son of Joseph—came forward. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah…
An Indictment of Judah and Hope for Its Future
The prophecies of Isaiah son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth,
For…
A Past without Shadow: Constructing the Past in German Books for Children
The term “past image” is used by different scholars in different ways, and it remains general and obscure because it refers to a structure derived from a bank of naturally amorphous reserves, seen by…
On Drought and Military Defeat
The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
Judah is in mourning,
Her settlements languish.
Men are bowed to the ground,
And the outcry of Jerusalem rises.
The…
Against the Shepherds (=Kings) of Israel
The word of the Lord came to me: O mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them:
To the shepherds: Thus said the Lord God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel, who have been…
Ceding Territory of the Land of Israel in Order to Save Lives
[…] The question is merely theoretical today. There is, at present, no negotiating partner, as the Arabs are demanding the return of the entire Land of Israel, including Jerusalem, to which all the…
Solomon’s Temple-Dedication Poem
[T]hen Solomon declared:
“The Lord has chosen
To abide in a thick cloud:
I have now built for You
A stately House,
A place where You
May dwell forever.”
Psalm 96
Sing to the Lord a new song,
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, bless His name,
proclaim His victory day after day.
Tell of His glory among the nations,
His wondrous deeds, among…
Hezekiah’s Prayer upon Recovery from Illness
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…
Die Erschaffung des Menschen (The Creation of Man)
Die Erschaffung des Menschen (The Creation of Man) is an illustration by Ephraim Moses Lilien for the 1902 German translation of the Yiddish poems of Morris Rosenfeld, Lieder des Ghetto (Songs of the…