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Far, far from the paved roads and broad ways, far, far from the ordinary shtetls, stood isolated villages that had a different sky over them and a different sun.
The God of heaven in His mercy made…
Contributor:
Hillel Zeitlin
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1919
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A mountain in the desert.
On the desert mountain—
Nine,
Nine tall men.
There must be something here—
The Nine want something here—
And the tenth man?
He stands at the head of them…
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Aaron Zeitlin
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1926–1927
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From Hoza Street and Marszalkowska
carts were moving, Jewish carts:
furniture, tables and chairs,
suitcases, bundles
and chests, boxes and bedding,
suits and portraits,
pots, linen and wall…
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Wladyslaw Szlengel
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Warsaw, Poland
Date:
1943
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Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of figure and beautiful of appearance (Gen. 29:17). Targum Onkelos renders this verse as “Leah’s eyes…
Contributor:
Kalonimos Kalman Epstein
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Kraków, Republic of Kraków (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1842
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Although he himself would not recite “for the sake of the unification,” in keeping with the ruling of the Gaon—the Noda bi-Yehudah [R. Ezekiel Landau]—he was occasionally jealous of those who say it.…
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Simon Sofer
Places:
Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1870
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King Solomon (may he rest in peace) said: The righteous man walketh in his integrity [Proverbs 20:7]. Now this means that a man should follow God’s…
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Jacob Ashkenazi of Janov
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Janov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Janów Lubelski, Poland)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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This introduction will speak about how important the person is through the Torah. One may read them, since there are many teachings with intentions inside. The teaching of the Lord is…
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Shalom Italia, Jacob Ashkenazi of Janov
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Janov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Janów Lubelski, Poland)
Date:
1622
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I pray Thee O Lord
From all my heart,
O Lord! I pray to Thee.
With fervor and zeal,
For the sufferings of the humiliated,
For the uncertainty of those who wait;
For the non-return of the dead;
For…
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Julian Tuwim
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1920
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It is known that in the case of any proper work to be accomplished or any project to be achieved, the essential point is the end goal [תכלית] of the project…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)
Date:
1580
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The first lesson addresses the question which every enlightened reader will raise concerning creation: It is told in our Torah that it indeed took place in seven days…
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Eliezer Ashkenazi
Places:
Poznan, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1583