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[ . . . ] I further wish to say: it is not sufficient that we worry ourselves with the young kids who will grow into goats—we must also be concerned with the mature goats who have already grown horns…
He is tall, strong, angular; his appearance as well as his speech give the impression of boldness and vigor. His voice is a high tenor ringing with mettle. And even in his quiet moments he resembles a…
In many shtetls throughout Podolye and Volhynia we often find a mound next to the synagogue. Surrounded by a traditional cemetery fence, the mound is known as the Grave for the Bride and Groom. And…
Now in that same shtetl there lived a youth named Shimen, but he was nicknamed Simkhe (joy, celebration) and Plakhte (coarse cloth) because he was barefoot and almost naked and that was all he wore…
Isaiah Scroll, Qumran, ca. 125 BCE (Hellenistic Period). This is the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the only scroll from the Qumran caves to be preserved in its entirety. It varies in more than 2…
A State is not handed to a people on a silver platter.[Chaim Weizmann, first president of Israel]. . . and the land was silent. The incarnate sunFlickered languidlyAbove the smoldering borders.And a…