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The frontispiece of this book of penitential prayers published in Amsterdam, Tikun li-kro’ laylah va-yom (A Tikkun to Read Day and Night) has a three-tiered illustration. The top level depicts Moses…
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1666
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This illustration from a book of prayers for the Jewish Gravediggers Society depicts the cycle of life. Figures of men and women in pairs ascend and descend the staircase, progressing from youth to…
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1740
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See, I have imparted to you laws and rules, as the Lord my God has commanded me, for you to abide by in the land that you are about to enter and occupy. Observe them faithfully, for that…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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The great value of prayer is well known. It is formulated in the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings, and explained further in the words of our rabbis of blessed memory. It is called the service of…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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Lublin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1617
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“He goes back four cubits etc.”
This implies that he must move backwards, but not forwards or to the sides. [ . . . ] It seems that this action was instituted by the sages only for an individual…
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Joel Sirkes
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1631–1640
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Everyone shall sit in his place as of this day the way he sits and stands now, and no one may go out of his place where he sits on this day, and not drive away anyone from his…
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The Congregation of the Italian Jewish Community of Venice
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1644–1711
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I have not sung to you, my land,
And I have not glorified your name
With acts of valor,
With booty of battles;
My hands have planted just a tree
On the quiet Jordan shores,
My legs have trodden down…
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Rakhel (Rachel Bluwstein)
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Kevutsat Degania, Mandate Palestine (Deganya Alef, Israel)
Date:
1926
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Dress me, good mother, in a glorious robe of many colours, and at dawn lead me to [my] toil.
My land is wrapped in light as in a prayer shawl. The houses stand forth like frontlets; and the roads…
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Abraham Shlonsky
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Haifa, Mandate Palestine (Haifa, Israel)
Date:
1927
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The one who whispers in automobiles
Causes streetlamps to tremble with thanksgiving as he kneels
And brings their harsh hauteur low as they boast
At the hour of perfect darkness
At the height of the…
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Haviva Pedaya
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Beersheba, Israel
Date:
1996
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For there are seven abominations in their hearts to ensnare the souls of the innocent, and they abolish public study of the Torah, and they cast off the yoke of the Torah from their necks and from the…
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Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna
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Vilna, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1772