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Letter to His Mother
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May the Lord who dwells in Zion protect you from any grief and sorrow. To my beloved mother, the crown of my head, the pious Mrs. Rachel, may she live long. [ . . . ] You should know, my dear mom…

Contributor:

Moses Sussman Zarit

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 1560

Subjects:

Family, Children, Parenthood, Plague, Education, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Nursery Rhymes
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[May] your mornings [be] blessed, [May] your life [be] long, [May] your enemies [be] shrouded, dead, [May] your [hot] breakfasts [be] poured, cooled.

Contributor:

The Jews of Zakho, Kurdistan

Places:

Zakho, Ottoman Empire (Zakho, Iraq)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Children, Education, Parenthood, Food and drink, Leisure, Folklore, Poetry

Categories:

Popular Poetry, Folklore
Shene luḥot ha-berit (Two Tablets of the Covenant): On Rearing Children
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A crucial and fundamental principle is the proper rearing of children. The Torah has stated: And you shall teach them [the words of Torah] to your children (Deuteronomy 11:19), for that is the…

Contributor:

Isaiah Horowitz

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

ca. 1623

Subjects:

Education, Children, Adolescence, Parenthood, Punishment, Ethics

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Science & philosophy, Ethics
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Great was the joy in the mid-1950s in Budapest’s Klauzál Square, in the house of a widow with many children. Those lining up before her vegetable stand in the market saw her smile for the first time…

Contributor:

Gábor Deutsch

Places:

Budapest, Hungary

Date:

1997

Subjects:

Education, Parenthood, Economic life, Poverty, Mental illness, Fiction

Categories:

Fiction