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Israel Is Rejuvenated: In Praise of Prominent Synagogue Members
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Israel is rejuvenated like the majestic Eagle, in the Sapphire of faithfulness, Flying in the goodness of observance, Its gaze fixed on the…

Contributor:

Daniel Levi de Barrios

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1688

Subjects:

Poetry, Poets, Community, Allegory, Leadership

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry, Religion & Theology
A fountain surges from my verse’s house
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A fountain surges from my verse’s house.    Its flowing waters quench the thirst of men— A fountain from the rock of perfect rhyme,    With waters cold to please the yearning man— A flow unending…

Contributor:

Sa‘adia Longo

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Poetry, Poets, Wisdom, Ecology, Allegory

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry
The Dance before the Ark
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The fire of joy in solitude. . . And since in vain I have made this journey,The ground giving way to my burning steps,Let me embrace this ardorIn abstract revelry* * *

Contributor:

Henri Franck

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Philosophy, Bible, Allegory, Poetry

Categories:

Literature, Poetry