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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
Until the End
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From the cradle to the grave, A heavy burden crushes us . . . Constrains the mind, destroys our strength, Wreathes our brow with thorns . . . And yet, with amazing power Our lips run along the…

Contributor:

Aleksander Kraushar

Places:

Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)

Date:

1890

Subjects:

Assimilation, Nationalism, Prayer, Life cycle, Death

Categories:

Literature, Poetry