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Tractate: The Onset of the Messiah
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4. [ . . . ] The Gaon of Vilna writes [in his Even Shelemah] that the second chapter of Vayishla? is the chapter of the “footsteps of the Messiah.” When Jacob returned from his…

Contributor:

Elhanan Wasserman

Places:

Vilna, Second Polish Republic (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1938

Subjects:

Holocaust, Antisemitism, Violence, Theology, Nazis

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology, Rabbinic Commentary
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Dense crowds proceed at dawn Through Theresienstadt’s still empty streets Five abreast curving around corners into squares. The beast checks if anybody has stumbled. Today God’s chosen people are…

Contributor:

Else Dormitzer

Places:

Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia (Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto, Czech Republic)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Holocaust, Theology, Violence, Jewish quarters, Death

Categories:

Poetry, Literature