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The holy tongue is a language like no other. All other tongues exist only by agreement, each nation having agreed upon its language. But the holy tongue is the one…
Contributor:
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1937
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In solitary confinement it was forbidden to bathe, but when I got to my cell I washed my hands, face, and upper body well and lay down to sleep. This time I slept for about an hour and a half. At six…
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Zvi Preygerzon
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Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1960
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This small volume which I now present to you, my fellow readers, is an offshoot of the numerous saplings that I have planted for myself over the course of many days, nay years; for ever…
Contributor:
Abraham Ber Gottlober
Places:
Józefów, Kingdom of Poland (Józefów, Poland)
Date:
1837
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After finishing the letter, Elisheva handed it back to Hogeh and gracefully added: “Would that letters such as this might appear more often in our literature! For only such refinement of language will…
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Abraham Mapu
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1857–1864