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The written Hebrew agadah [lore and legends transmitted in rabbinic texts] is the primary literary form that was dominant for several centuries in the world of unbounded folk and individual creation…
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Chaim Nahman Bialik, Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1908
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Literary-minded Jews have long been perplexed by a strange phenomenon. Our literature which is thousands of years old, comprises tens of thousands of volumes, and represents the many creative forces…
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Chaim Nahman Bialik
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1913
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Every single nation, if it wishes to place its foot on the threshold of the family of nations on the earth, must prepare a constitution for itself stating its integrity, and to bring with it the book…
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Yitsḥak Bernfeld
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Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1881
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Dedication to My Dearly Beloved Grandfather, Reb Mendalle Mocher SephorimTo my dear grandfather, greetings!Stempenyu, my first long novel, which I inscribe to you, is yours; not only because I have…
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Sholem Aleichem
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1886