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Like a wooer and a husbandI devote myself to your faithsince being a husband does not implya courtly surrender.Like a wooer I pursue your lovebecause I wish to meritthe privileges of a husbandthough I…
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Abraham Gómez Silveira
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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The day my heart was troubled doubly,By your love, O crown unto my head,Delight and joy were mine beside the sheepfolds,When your beauteous traits were joined to me.Lovely are your dancing steps, you…
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Solomon de Oliveyra
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
17th Century
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[1742] In the week when we read the portion Toledoth of the Pentateuch a proclamation was issued by the…
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Abraham Ḥayim Braatbard
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1742–1745
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Lord of the world, my God,
I humbly beg You, with a broken heart,
And with my weak body,
To confirm my baby in Torah,
As a person of honor and riches.…
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Unknown
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1648
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Dearest Kitty,
Mr. Bolkestein, the Cabinet Minister, speaking on the Dutch broadcast from London, said that after the war a collection would be made of diaries and letters…
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Anne Frank
Places:
Amsterdam, Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Dutch Territories (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1944