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[ . . . ] Each man should raise his children to Torah and good deeds. Each man should always ensure that his children learn Torah while they are still young and he should have them learn…
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Isaac ben Eliyakim of Posen
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
Date:
1620
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Listen, Jewish children, and I will tell you a story about a penknife. It’s not a made-up story, but a true story that really happened to me. There was nothing on earth I yearned for as much as I…
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Sholem Aleichem
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1887
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In the past there were no children among Jews, only “little Jews without beards,” so neither was there any children’s literature. Boys in the traditional heder used to read Ḥumesh [The Pentateuch]…
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Shmuel Niger
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1913
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There’s a fire in the hearth
Warm and cozy as it gets
The rebbe teaches children
The Hebrew alphabet
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Mark Varshavsky
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1900
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Signs of a new spirit among certain circles of the Jewish intelligentsia can be detected even in the private sphere, within the four walls of their homes. It happens—admittedly, not very often, but…
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Esther Frumkina
Places:
Minsk, Russian Empire (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1908
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May the Lord who dwells in Zion protect you from any grief and sorrow. To my beloved mother, the crown of my head, the pious Mrs. Rachel, may she live long. [ . . . ] You should know, my dear mom…
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Moses Sussman Zarit
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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ca. 1560
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Cover page of G. Bocz’s Yiddish-language biology textbook, Geviksn: Baarbet Avrom Golomb (Plants: Reworked by Avrom Golomb).
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Avrom Golomb
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1919
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Why should I write to you about myself? Nothing has happened in the meantime in my personal life. My son is still with me, as before. He is still an Extern. He knows the gymnasium [university…
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Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1909