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The Dybbuk
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Three Idlers [finish chanting]:Why, oh why,Did the soul descendFrom the highest heightTo the deepest end?The greatest fallContains the upward flight.[A long pause. All three sit motionless, lost in…

Contributor:

S. An-ski

Places:

Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1913–1917

Subjects:

Folklore, Love, Death, Jewish identity, Mysticism

Categories:

Literature, Theater/Drama
Naboth’s Vineyard
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Act II, Scene 3Jezebel [Goes up to meet Ahab]:You have seen a conversion yourself? Do tell me!Ahab [Bewildered]:Oh Jezebel! I am dying! I cannot breathe![Sinks into a chair.]What is this? Am I seeing…

Contributor:

Avraam Papo

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Bulgaria, Bulgaria)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Inheritance, Rural life, Economic life, Prophets, Mysticism

Categories:

Literature, Theater/Drama, Performing Arts