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Mosir, Russian Empire (Mazyr, Belarus)
Date:
1905
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That was how she watched over the samovar all night long, so that it would boil properly. Occasionally, Grandfather stayed over for several nights at the home of one of the gentry. Then, she would…
Contributor:
Yekhezkl Kotik
Places:
Kamenets, Russian Empire (Kamenets, Belarus)
Date:
1912
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He then returned to his city, filled with bitterness, humiliated, oppressed, and weak. He found his wife Ḥaya—who had been a picture of robust health and womanly valor when he had set out on his…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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Russian Empire (Belarus, Belarus)
Date:
1900
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16. It is forbidden to read on Shabbos proverbs or parables of a secular character, erotic literature such as the book [by] Emanuel and likewise books about…
Contributor:
Chofetz Chaim
Places:
Radin, Russian Empire (Radun', Belarus)
Date:
1904
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Indeed, our human situation now stands on such a low level that we need not look either to intellectual or to outside factors to account for its stumbling blocks or confusions. Nowadays, if one is in…
Contributor:
Yoyzl Horowitz
Places:
Novogrudok, Russian Empire (Navahrudak, Belarus)
Date:
1914
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I must revive the experiences of the revolutionary path traversed in order to share memories and knowledge with workers and the younger generation. They want and need to have an…
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A. Beilin
Places:
Mstsislavl, USSR (Mscislau, Belarus)
Date:
1929
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This book was submitted for publication two years ago.Considering that within the realm of Jewish history in nineteenth-century Russia there is no systematically consolidated…
Contributor:
Yisroel Sosis
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Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1929
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One day Bereh turned up in the yard. An unseasonably warm glow coated the world, glazing the storm windows with an unexpected spring sheen. He walked slowly down the…
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Moyshe Kulbak
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Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1931
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From other friends—poets, creators,
who are dear to me always,
I step away today,
Feffer,
and turn to you!
The battles still rage
on our literary planet
but it’s time to consider
the creative…
Contributor:
Aharon Kushnirov
Places:
Minsk, USSR (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1930
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It is written: All the men of Israel . . . knit together as one man (Judg. 20:11). Just as one man is composed of many limbs, and when they become separated it affects the heart…
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
Places:
Liozna, Russian Empire (Lyozna, Belarus)
Date:
Late 18th–early 19th century