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Meanwhile the queen, wracked by internal anguish,invites the king and Haman to her banquetand in joyous hope awaits the sacred streamof divine mercy form the holy fount-head;her humble soul bowed low…
Contributor:
João Pinto Delgado
Places:
Rouen, France
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17th Century
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Queen Esther said to herself What is there to fear? We move in our orbits like the stars.
But in the night looking at the black fields and river she could not help thinking of Vashti’s white cheeks…
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Charles Reznikoff
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1917
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In those days, a terrible thing happened,
for two officials of the king committed an offence
against their master, and with a flask,
they plotted to poison the king without delay.
Mordecai, who had…
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Mordechai Dato
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16th Century
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Nothing else makes me really rage
as when a poor man does something [wrong]
he is lost here and there
everyone would happily drink his blood.
But what the rich do here
is always all right
people let…
Contributor:
Elye Bokher
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1513
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Cast [in this passage]Abraham Levi: Rich merchantAneta: Abraham Levi’s wifeMax, Yosef, and Aron: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s sonsFrida and Klerchen: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s daughtersShmuel Natan: Zionis…
Contributor:
Mordechai Monassowitz, Nissim Catalan
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Bulgaria, Bulgaria)
Date:
1902