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Yossel Rakover’s Appeal to God
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In the ruins of the Ghetto of Warsaw, among heaps of charred rubbish, there was found, packed tightly into a small bottle, the following testament, written during the ghetto’s last hours by a Jew…

Contributor:

Zvi Kolitz

Places:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date:

1946

Subjects:

Theology, Prayer, Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Will & testament

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Tsene rene (Go Forth and Look)
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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…

Contributor:

Jacob Ashkenazi of Janov

Places:

Janov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Janów Lubelski, Poland)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Bible, Theology, Prayer

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Biblical Commentary
God of Mercy
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O God of Mercy Choose— another people. We are tired of death, tired of corpses, We have no more prayers. Choose— another people. We have run out of blood For victims, Our houses have been turned into…

Contributor:

Kadya Molodovsky

Places:

Date:

1945

Subjects:

Theology, Holocaust, Prayer, Death, Jewish identity

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Theology
Kentucky
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Wide, open, free lay the land, Extending to far horizons. The sandy red tract stretches Far and strange and lonely, Bordered by low wild plants And unknown herbs With…

Contributor:

I. J. Schwartz

Places:

Date:

1925

Subjects:

Ecology, Prayer, Race, Agriculture, Theology

Categories:

Literature, Poetry