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A Din Toyre mit Gott/Der kadish fun rabi Levi Yitshok (A Court Case with God/The Kaddish of Rabbi Levi Isaac)
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“Good morning, Master of the universe! I, Levi-Yitzchok of Berdytschev, have come to hold Judgment with You concerning Your people Israel. What have You against Israel? Why have you imposed…

Contributor:

Levi Isaac of Berdichev

Places:

Berdyczów, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Berdychiv, Ukraine)

Date:

ca. 1790

Subjects:

Music, Exile, Hasidism, Yiddish, Nationalism

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Oyfn pripetshik (At the Hearth)
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There’s a fire in the hearth Warm and cozy as it gets The rebbe teaches children The Hebrew alphabet

Contributor:

Mark Varshavsky

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Education, Children, Torah study, Jewish identity, Exile

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry