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Ethical Will
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Grieve not at all on my departure for the Land of Israel (may it be built and established!). You gave me indeed a firm promise to that effect. And why should you be anxious? Many men travel years long…

Contributor:

Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

ca. 1797

Subjects:

Parenthood, Family, Morality, Sabbath, Synagogue

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Religion & Theology, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Law
A Fragment of the Altar of a Synagogue in Mariampol
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The Torah ark in the synagogue of Mariampol was surmounted by tablets of the law flanked by rampant lions and topped with a crown, with hands making the priestly blessing. After World War II, Soviet…

Contributor:

Valerii Rybarskii

Places:

Marijampole, Russian Empire (Marijampole, Lithuania)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Synagogue, Jewish identity, Piety, Ritual object, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Sculpture
Photograph of wooden structure with two small columns of Hebrew writing with crown on top, and two sculped lions on either side.
Shklover Jews
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I know a town in White Russia [Belarus] on the River Dnieper. Its name is Shklov. I was born there, went to heder there, which is why I know it so well.The flame of life burns calmly there. Nobody…

Contributor:

Zalman Shneour

Places:

Vilna, Second Polish Republic (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1929

Subjects:

Charity, Shtetl, Synagogue, Rabbis, Enlightenment

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
The Panic, or, The Town of Hérres
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In the year 5594 (1834) it was the Ninth of Av, the holy day commemorating the Destruction of the Temple. In the morning, when the worshipers were lamenting at the…

Contributor:

Isaac Meyer Dik

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1868

Subjects:

Government, Marriage, Community, Synagogue, Tishah be-Av

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Humor & Satire