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Traveling and returning. In the
Dirt paths of her forehead
Railroad trains anchor, yellow
Carriages locomotive flowers
In the fields of liberated Europe
Traveling and returning. In the shadows
Betw…
Contributor:
Oded Peled
Places:
Haifa, Israel
Date:
1993
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I’m no longer the man that once was. I am the one I precede,
An approximate continuation of the selfsame countenance.
I continue walking without him. At times I run in the night,
Trying to break my…
Contributor:
Haim Gouri
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1994
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Blessed art Thou, Lord, our God,
King of the Universe,
Who has kept us and protected us,
and supported us until this day
it would be better we had never seen.
You deprived us of nothing,
neither…
Contributor:
Boris Khersonsky
Places:
Odesa, Ukraine
Date:
1996
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When you see the planets and constellations circling heaven at all hours, do not imagine that they are speeding, like a runner in a valley, to show off their prowess. No, it is a sublime cause that…
Contributor:
Judah Zarco
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1560
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Caged in a city of refuge, unredeemed, though the High Priest is already dead; kept alive by the hope of being ransomed; at all times manacled in the chains and bonds of love; struck on the cheek…
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Judah Zarco
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1560
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Why is my back loaded with fine flour, while in my mouth there is no bread at all, but only straw? I drink well-water, though I carry wine. And the stick goes on fracturing my skull!
I live in rubble…
Contributor:
Samuel Archevolti
Places:
Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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A fountain surges from my verse’s house.
Its flowing waters quench the thirst of men—
A fountain from the rock of perfect rhyme,
With waters cold to please the yearning man—
A flow unending…
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Sa‘adia Longo
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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I sinned, so Time has weighed me down with chains;
therefore I can’t attend you in your joy.
But though my chariots—my feet—are slow,
Do not refuse the wish of your anointed (Psalms 132:10).
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Contributor:
Sa‘adia Longo
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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Only three exits are becoming to every woman, big or small. The first is when she exits from the womb, dirtied, as if from a deep swamp. The second is when she exits from her woman’s tent and enters…
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Immanuel Frances
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17th Century
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With devout accents, the beautiful Hebrew woman
Implored the exalted choirs for their grace,
Indeed, midst heavenly stars, in sacred fires,
She holds supreme minds happily in her grip:
Upon the sound…
Contributor:
Sarra Copia Sullam
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1623