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Pe’at ha-shulhan (Edge of the Table)
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I cannot refrain from relating an amazing, true story that I heard from that mouth of sanctity, the most outstanding disciple of our Holy Master, the rebbe, my dear friend—may…

Contributor:

Israel ben Samuel of Shklov

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1836

Subjects:

Talmud, Scholarship, Kabbalah, Music, Medicine

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology, History, Historical Writing
Hymn to Bar Yohai
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Blessed are you, Bar Yohai, you were anointed  by your brethren with the oil of joy:Bar Yohai,    with the oil of a sacred shareyou were anointed through holy measure, sanctity’s bud you wore like a…

Contributor:

Simeon Ibn Lavi

Places:

Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Mysticism, Rabbis, Music, Prayer

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Liturgical Poetry
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4. There are faces that God created to enchant you at first glance. Adore me, the face proclaims, and you adore it without knowing…

Contributor:

Sholem Aleichem

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1915

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Mysticism, Music, Artists

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography