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A Bowl of Raisins, or A Thousand and One Jokes
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Jewish humor of recent generations, in all its manifestations—jokes, puns, witticisms, and anecdotes—has found patrons within Our Language [a Hebrew-language periodical] and already…

Contributor:

Dov Sadan

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Date:

1949

Subjects:

Humor, Jewish identity, Communism, Holidays, Passover

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Anthologies
From Ancient Times
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When one comes to collect legends of the Hebrews and Jews from the many diverse strata of our literature, one must be armed with all the secrets of the schools and fruits of visionary…

Contributor:

Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski

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Leipzig, Germany

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Folklore, Wisdom, Ethics, Jewish identity

Categories:

Anthologies, Folklore
On the Gathering of the Agadah
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The written Hebrew agadah [lore and legends transmitted in rabbinic texts] is the primary literary form that was dominant for several centuries in the world of unbounded folk and individual creation…

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Chaim Nahman Bialik, Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski

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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1908

Subjects:

Aggadah, Writing, Jewish identity

Categories:

Anthologies
Introduction to Ben Ish Ḥai’s Sefer da‘at u-tevunah (Book of Knowledge and Understanding)
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This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…

Contributor:

Jacob ben Ḥayim

Places:

Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Education, Rabbis, Torah study, Jewish identity

Categories:

Anthologies