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Of a Repentant Sinner
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Already (Lord) with humility, fearing my perdition, in a sea of contrition I seek port in Thy pity. Against Thy immense goodness I sinned. My sorrow warns me, that of the error of Thy offending my…

Contributor:

Daniel Levi de Barrios

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1665

Subjects:

Piety, Sin, Repentance, Theology, Sephardic

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy
How Should One Pray South of the Equator?
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Rosario, Argentina, June 16, 1914Your Eminence,Permit me to bother you in the name of the Jewish collective of Rosario, because of a divergence of opinion arising between us, about which we desire…

Contributor:

David Pisanté

Places:

Rosario, Argentina

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Sephardic, Prayer, Assimilation, Exile

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Like a Bride and Like a Mother
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Every night I kneel down by the window and look at a bright star that just might be my guardian angel. Then I recite “Our Father” to God and say a “Hail Mary” for the Virgin. I hope that…

Contributor:

Rosa Nissán

Places:

Mexico City, Mexico

Date:

1992

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Sephardic, Children, Christianity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction