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Ma’or va-shemesh (Light and Sun)
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Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of figure and beautiful of appearance (Gen. 29:17). Targum Onkelos renders this verse as “Leah’s eyes…

Contributor:

Kalonimos Kalman Epstein

Places:

Kraków, Republic of Kraków (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1842

Subjects:

Translation, Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Theology, Women

Categories:

Theology
Los CL Salmas de David (The 150 Psalms of David)
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I adapted the above psalm to my situation, for the blessed Lord freed me from the Inquisition—although broken, I was released and free—where I saw eleven seeming penitents burned to death for heresy…

Contributor:

David Abenatar Melo

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1626

Subjects:

Theology, Poetry, Translation, Bible, Language & linguistics

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries