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The Fire Came and Burnt the Stick
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This graphic depiction of the Passover song “Had Gadya” (“Tale of a Goat”) juxtaposes the collective memory of the exodus from Egypt with Soviet revolutionary art and politics.

Contributor:

El Lissitzky

Places:

Vitebsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Vitebsk, Belarus)

Date:

1919

Subjects:

Holidays, Passover, Animals

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Lithograph on paper of building on the left and a large bird grabbing a stick of fire with beak, with Yiddish text along top of image and Aramaic on bottom.
Passover Letter
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To my brothers Jedaniah and his colleagues the Jewish Troop, your brother Hananiah.May the gods seek the welfare of my brothers at all times.And now, this year, year 5 of Darius the king, word has…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

419/418 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Passover, Leadership, Diaspora, Calendar

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Instructions Regarding Children and Inquiry about Passover
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To Hoshaiah. Your welfare (may DN seek after at all times). Now, look after the children by yourself until Ahutab comes. Do not entrust them to others. If their bread is ground, knead for them 1 qab,…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 475 BCE

Subjects:

Diaspora, Family, Food and drink, Children, Passover

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters