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A peasant was transporting a large cart of hay. He had to pass through a low gateway, but the cart couldn’t pass under it. People advised the peasant to wear glasses with magnifying lenses, so that…
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S. Beilin
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
Second half of the 19th century
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Leopold Pilichowski
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Lodz, Russian Empire
(Lodz, Poland)
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1894–1895
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Of all festivities celebrated among the Jews in southern Russia, the wedding ceremony has suffered the greatest loss of characteristic elements of folk tradition. Even among the poorest, weddings are…
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Shmuel Veisenberg
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1905
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[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
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Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1896
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S. M. Sochora
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Bobruisk, Russian Empire
(Babruysk, Belarus)
Date:
1902
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Signs of a new spirit among certain circles of the Jewish intelligentsia can be detected even in the private sphere, within the four walls of their homes. It happens—admittedly, not very often, but…
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Esther Frumkina
Places:
Minsk, Russian Empire
(Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1908
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Artist Unknown
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(Poland, Poland)
Date:
Early 20th Century
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We recite the blessing “Who performed miracles for our forefathers, etc.” on Hanukkah and Purim, but we do not do so on Passover, even though the Exodus…
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Levi Isaac of Berdichev
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Slavuta, Russian Empire
(Slavuta, Ukraine)
Date:
1798
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Why should I write to you about myself? Nothing has happened in the meantime in my personal life. My son is still with me, as before. He is still an Extern. He knows the gymnasium [university…
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Yehoshu‘a Ḥana
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1909
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By the window I lit a taper
A Hanukkah candle, gentle child.
Many are the memories
And the memories are brilliant.
A regiment of riders, mighty men,
If they appear before you,
Do not fear, gentle…
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Jacob Steinberg
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1901