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Zetim:How blessed and how happy must that manA thousand times be called who acknowledgesOne God alone, a single entity.Gerizim:How happy and how blessed must he beWho in God’s holy Law meditatesBoth…
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Reuel Jessurun
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1624
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Terah and AbrahamTerah:Who is he and where is he [see Esther 7:6], who against the Ba‘al idolSent forth his hand like an adversary, with impudence?Who is this evil one…
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Moses Zacuto
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1642
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The King enters in a drowsy state, neither entirely asleep nor entirely awake.King:What is this dream, which I have dreamt?Who, indeed, is the…
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Joseph Penso de la Vega
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1668
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Rebecca:You, Sir, are the cause of his great impudence.
Isaac:Am I really the instrument?
Rebecca:Yes, for you love him for four birds of flight [he hunts for you]. You very much relish the stew he…
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Unknown
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Delft, Dutch Republic
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1699
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The book’s name: This book [Song of Songs] is called a “song,” a noun bearing several meanings. First, it denotes music, as in the verse: all the daughters of song (Ecclesiastes 12:4), which means…
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Yoḥanan Alemanno
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ca. 1500
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From the corner of his eye, Rabbi Elbaz now observed the anxiety in Ben Attar’s face receding somewhat, and a short row of white teeth gleaming in the smile of a merchant who finally sees the hope of…
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A. B. Yehoshua
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Haifa, Israel
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1998
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Mrs. Levy made it her business to be our eyes and ears, the supplier of all information and news. Her job would be easy this time—she had the good fortune to live directly across the street from…
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Tova Mirvis
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Newton, United States of America
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1999
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Tel Dan Stela
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Dan, Land of Israel (Tel Dan, Israel)
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Late 9th Century BCE
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Before her death, Naomi had dragged Bill Landsmann to enough Holocaust movies that he knew exactly what would happen in them. His son and daughter-in-law knew better than to…
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Dara Horn
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New York, United States of America
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2002
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At the appointed café on Leopoldstrasse, HF is waiting by the door, which he holds open for me. It is perfect weather for sitting out of doors, but he rejects the sidewalk tables. Inside it is dark…
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Binnie Kirshenbaum
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New York, United States of America
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2002