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A nighttime song of praise I have
To sing before my Lord,
And in the day His help is at my side.
All my life, my soul has longed
To see the courts
Of God, to read the Torah.
And so I come betimes…
Contributor:
Isaac Samuel Modeano
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 17th Century
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By Abraham’s virtue and merit,
turn toward us with compassion;
from on high have mercy upon us,
my Lord, and my redemption:
Hear my voice in the morning.
Have mercy on the people you’ve chosen…
Contributor:
Freyha bat Abraham
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Tunisia)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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Dedicated to the Great Lord of Hosts.
Supreme and merciful God,
my affection to Your lofty and just compassion
dedicates to You today
the exordia of my muse.
Protect, immense Lord,
my coarse and…
Contributor:
David del Valle Saldaña
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1733
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The house known today as the House of the Sun is a large stone structure next to the synagogue. But long, long ago it was called the Devil’s Head, and it was…
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Yuspa Shamash
Places:
Worms, Free Imperial City of Worms (Worms, Germany)
Date:
1696
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Reason and Righteousness in the Field.Reason:Righteousness, beloved of my soul, may your heart be of good courage. Gird yourself with vigor, for, the further salvation seems to be from…
Contributor:
Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
Early 18th Century–1740
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Belonging to Pekah. Semadar.
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Middle or Second Half of 8th Century BCE
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Asleep in songs and lullabies was my heart, while I was dreaming, imagining myself amidst poets, as eloquent and intelligent as the finest wine yeast.From my drunken slumber an illustrious man awoke…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1599
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A poem that I, Sa‘adia Longo, wrote to an important and wealthy man from Nicopolis, who came here to Salonika to marry a woman. I was not able to participate in his celebration because I was…
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Sa‘adia Longo
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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According to the Torah, a man can acquire a woman in one of three ways:
Through a document, through silver, or through intercourse. God is the one that gives a prudent wife.
In truth, one must begin…
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Judah Alkaletz
Places:
Algiers, Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Algeria)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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Where will you camp, O my ibex, for whom I yearn?
Where will you drip the droplets of your wine and your dew—O formidable one?
If you bring up your beauty to heaven on high,
You will dim…
Contributor:
Isaac ‘Uziel
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
Early 17th Century