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Queen Esther said to herself What is there to fear? We move in our orbits like the stars.
But in the night looking at the black fields and river she could not help thinking of Vashti’s white cheeks…
Contributor:
Charles Reznikoff
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1917
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Public Access
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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot
Contributor:
Israel Najara
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Early 17th Century