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The people recite teḥinot [supplications] during the morning prayers on the eve of the Tishah be-Av (Ninth of Av). They then dine before entering into the synagogue for the…
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Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1631
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The princes of the peoples gathered together [see Psalms 47:10] to restore the crown to its former glory and to pray in the great synagogue before sunrise, as was done previously and in past times…
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Ashkenazic Morning Watchers
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1635
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Sunday, 15th of the aforementioned month [Elul; 10.9.1623]. The Sipahis [feudal cavalrymen] and the Janissaries [professional infantry corps] and all the king’s slaves and ministers came to speak with…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1622–1624
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So since we are in the midst of writing a song,
We will write also about the destruction of the holy community of Kremzir,
Even though this happened five years before,
In the year 1643, on the 9th of…
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Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi
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Kremzir, Holy Roman Empire (Kroměříž, Czech Republic)
Date:
1648
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In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…
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Samuel Ibn Danan
Date:
1724
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Sophie Calle
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1996
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For her book Florida Family Portrait, Gelles photographed her family in the same pose over twenty years during trips to visit her parents in Florida. A comment on family, growth, aging, death, and the…
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Judy Gelles
Places:
Melbourne Beach, United States of America
Date:
1996
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Neil Goldberg
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1996
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Maya Cohen Levy
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1998