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Alas!
Lonely sits the city
Once great with people!
She that was great among nations
Is become like a widow;
The princess among states
Is become a thrall.
Bitterly she weeps in the night…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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May this be written for a coming generation, that people yet to be created will praise Jah. For the signs and wonders that the most high God has performed for us, I am pleased to relate:
Know that in…
Contributor:
Elijah Capsali
Places:
Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1538
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In the name of the Lord:
My brothers and my friends, the inhabitants of Albanian Belgrade [Berat, Albania]: may all who are worthy merit seeing the salvation of the Lord. Hurry and send me the maḥzor…
Contributor:
Shabbetai Tzvi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1666
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In a dingy kitchen
Facing a Ghetto backyard
An old woman is chanting Jeremiah’s Lamentations,
Quaveringly,
Out of a Hebrew Bible.
The gaslight flares and falls . . .
This night,
Two thousand…
Contributor:
Alter Brody
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1918