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Daniel’s Prayer upon Learning the Secret of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
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The mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision; then Daniel blessed the God of Heaven. Daniel spoke up and said: “Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom and power are…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Prayer, Monarchy, Wisdom, Dreams, Monotheism

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy, Biblical Poetry, Religion & Theology
Ketubah for Shavuot
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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot

Contributor:

Israel Najara

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Shavuot, Marriage, Ketubot, Allegory

Categories:

Magic & Mysticism, Mystical Texts, Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Page of Aramaic text with illustrations of figure on left side of text holding tablets and figure on right side of text with hat, tents above text, and animals and burning bush below text.