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Hebrew woman, who knows your life?
You came in darkness and in darkness depart.
Your sorrows and joys, your hopes and desires
Were born within you and die in your heart.
Daughters of other nations
Ma…
Contributor:
Judah Leib Gordon
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1875
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Yehudis:
Yidele—a question. Hear me out.
And please don’t interrupt and start to shout.
Yidele:
I’m not exactly in the mood, my dear,
But go ahead and…
Contributor:
Shiye Mordkhe Lifshits
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1862
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This is the story of a queen who gave her daughter in marriage to a young king and then gave her the following instructions, inasmuch as she was about to be married. Since she was sending the daughter…
Contributor:
Isaac ben Eliyakim of Posen
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1620
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They present me with the bill
For not having been satisfied,
And they always surprise me with the wealth of their lexicon.
They ask me for a receipt for my fate,
And they make me think,
That…
Contributor:
Nurit Zarchi
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2001