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The Third Cry in Anguish in Salonika
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My feet walk the streets of this blessed city, Only yesterday full of faithful adherents of Sinai. My eyes do not have the courage to look up. The bitterness of my soul is great, O Holy God! I…

Contributor:

Yehuda Haim Aaron HaCohen Perahia

Places:

Salonika, Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Cities, Theology, Holocaust, Mourning, Eschatology

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Memoirs & Diaries
Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)
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This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Ritual object, Prayer, Mourning, Repentance, Romaniote

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.
The Vow
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I saw your figure in my dream, gazelle, flashing like lightning. It gave light to my darkened eyes, and I saw that your face was a model of the heavens. The sun and moon are set in it, the stars and…

Contributor:

David Onkinerah

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Love, Dreams, Body image, Animals, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry