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This poem expresses the idea that since today is the day when seats are set up [for judgment], since the Jewish people has declared the New Month, therefore we need to run to God and prostrate…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
Date:
1626
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Come, faithful community, To Him who dwells on high, Come, let us sing.O garden dweller, Young and old, Come, let us sing.We will exalt His name, We are His people, Come, let us sing. …
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Joseph Shalom Gallego
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Early 17th Century
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Rejoice, be glad, confraternity Talmud Torah,
You crown of beauty, tiara of splendor.
O Holy One of Israel enthroned on Israel’s praises,
With musical voices we praise Your name.
With…
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Joseph Shalom Gallego
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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In her grace, an awe-inspiring woman musters a holy and treasured people,
Each dawn and each evening she gives me recompense,
She is my bow and she is my sword and in her my heart is redeemed.
She is…
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Shalem Shabazī
Places:
Taiz, Qasimid State (Taiz, Yemen)
Date:
ca. 1679/80
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I shall begin by praising the True One
who in six days created the whole entire world
and on the seventh day He ceased work and rested.
Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good, for His…
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Unknown
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1702
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Adonay,
Our people have called You Monarch of the universe.
Help us who live without a monarch on a throne
To perceive Your sovereignty
In the royal splendor that pervades the universe,
In the holy…
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Laura Geller
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Beverly Hills, United States of America
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1985
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We have strayed off the path, missed the mark.
We address the Parent of the Universe,
the Majesty of Life.
There is no other.
We pray for renewal this year,
that harsh decrees be annulled,
that…
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David Shneyer
Places:
Washington, United States of America
Date:
1992
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With God’s help I set myself the aim,
And with God’s aid I hope to achieve the same.
The holy book of Psalms in Taytsh [Yiddish] to make known,
Hoping that all shall praise and extol God, blessed be…
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Royzl bas Joseph Levi
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1586
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Behold the Lord, my soul, look up to Him
Who made you, give Him worship due,
Lest you be lost when He be wroth with you—
For your sin, O wayward one, your grievous sin.
On wisdom’s wing, ascend to…
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Joseph Tsarfati
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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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The little lightning bolt of Yemen flashed, despite the overwhelming darkness,
Spurring on sheets of dewy rain to the joy of mankind,
The rivers of Paradise are streams, watering the roses and the…
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Shalem Shabazī
Places:
Taiz, Qasimid State (Taiz, Yemen)
Date:
ca. 1679/80