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The Locust Invasion and a Call to Turn to God
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The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel. Listen to this, O elders, Give ear, all inhabitants of the land. Has the like of this happened in your days Or in the days of…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Plague, Animals, Repentance, Punishment, Agriculture

Categories:

Prophetic Literature, Biblical poetry, Poetry
Photograph of sky filled with flying insects.
Folktales of the Kurdistani Jews
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The year 5573 (1813) was a leap year (in the Jewish calendar). On the twenty-fourth of Nisan, the Sabbath right after Passover, after midday, the skies became overcast and…

Contributor:

Jonah ben Gabriel

Places:

Arbil, Ottoman Empire (Erbil, Iraq)

Date:

ca. 1843

Subjects:

Punishment, Plague, Hunger

Categories:

Folklore