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Printer’s Note: Perush seder ‘avodat yom ha-kippurim (Commentary on the Order of the Service of Yom Kippur), by Moses Cordovero
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Says the youth, Gedaliah, the Lord has granted me the merit to begin the work of heaven, today Wednesday, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5347 (July 29, 1587). I have fixed it for a fast and remembrance for ever…

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Gedaliah Cordovero

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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Parenthood, Torah study, Halakhah, Rabbis

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Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
Time with his pointed shafts
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Time with his pointed shafts has hit my heart and split my gut, laid open my entrails, landed me a blow that will not heal, knocked me down, left me in lasting pain. Time wounded me…

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Judah Abravanel

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Date:

1503

Subjects:

Diaspora, Conversion, Pogroms, Children, Parenthood

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry