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Nursery Rhymes
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[May] your mornings [be] blessed, [May] your life [be] long, [May] your enemies [be] shrouded, dead, [May] your [hot] breakfasts [be] poured, cooled.

Contributor:

The Jews of Zakho, Kurdistan

Places:

Zakho, Ottoman Empire (Zakho, Iraq)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Children, Education, Parenthood, Food and drink, Leisure

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Folklore
Time with his pointed shafts
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Time with his pointed shafts has hit my heart and split my gut, laid open my entrails, landed me a blow that will not heal, knocked me down, left me in lasting pain. Time wounded me…

Contributor:

Judah Abravanel

Places:

Date:

1503

Subjects:

Diaspora, Conversion, Pogroms, Children, Parenthood

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry