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Letter to Her Son
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Dear HeartSey I have Severall of yours bearing Variety of Dates as well as Subiect, In Wich I have had Vast deall of Delight relating to Some matters, Especialy that wich Concerns Your Self. Nothing…

Contributor:

Abigaill Levy Franks

Places:

New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1743

Subjects:

Family, Parenthood, Children, Education, Food and drink, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Portrait painting of woman in dress sitting with her hands in lap.
Making Jam
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Aunt Feiga is making jam today. She has to hurry. The raspberry season will soon be over. So Aunt Feiga is all in a swivet; she has bought a huge bowl of raspberries and fifteen pounds of sugar and is…

Contributor:

Zalman Shneour

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1929

Subjects:

Family, Food and drink, Antisemitism, Children, Parenthood, Fiction

Categories:

Fiction
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.

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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
I Speak to You Openly, My Child
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(Short Poems in Prose)

Contributor:

Yosef Kirman

Places:

Warsaw, General Government for the Occupied Polish Region (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Parenthood, Christian-Jewish relations, Food and drink, Animals, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
Dream Report
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Now, lo, I saw a dream and since then I am very feverish. May Iahmoliah attend to my welfare. Now, if you wish, do not sell them. Let the children eat them. Lo, there do not remain any cucumbers. Tran…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Early 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dreams, Food and drink, Parenthood, Economic life, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
La Comedia famosa dos sucessos de Jahacob e Essau (Renowned Comedy of the Exploits of Jacob and Esau)
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Rebecca:You, Sir, are the cause of his great impudence. Isaac:Am I really the instrument? Rebecca:Yes, for you love him for four birds of flight [he hunts for you]. You very much relish the stew he…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Delft, Dutch Republic

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Bible, Family, Parenthood, Food and drink, Wills & testaments, Performing arts

Categories:

Performing Arts, Theater/Drama