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Song for Simkhes Toyre
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Our God is one. You are my God:     Hallelujah! Who created me, body and soul:      Hallelujah! You created Heaven and earth:      Hallelujah! We will praise You forever:      Hallelujah! You…

Contributor:

Rebecca Tiktiner

Places:

Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)

Date:

Second Half of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Simḥat Torah, Prayer, Women, Piety

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy, Literature, Poetry
As on this month’s last day
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As on this month’s last day, the moon is waning, make my sins wane, O Lord, my merits flourish. I know my heart is hard— a wicked web whose threads are sin— and I deserve the fire for weaving wrong…

Contributor:

Leone Modena

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Rosh Ḥodesh, Prayer, Sin, Piety

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy
Psalm 126
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A song of ascents. When the Lord restores the fortunes of Zion —we see it as in a dream— our mouths shall be filled with laughter, our tongues, with songs of joy. Then shall they say among the…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prayer, Pilgrimage, Holidays, Jerusalem, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy, Biblical Poetry, Religion & Theology