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This song was written by Menahem Mendel Dolitsky (1856-1931) in 1876. Of the original fifteen verses, Idelsohn included only three… read more
The well-known Hebrew poet Haim Nahman Bialik wrote this song in Odessa between 1900-1903, when he worked as a teacher… read more
This text was published in Mikraot Le-Talmidim Be-Vet Ha-Sefer u-Be-Vet Ha-Av [Reader for Pupils in School and at Home], edited… read more
This song was written and composed by the Yiddish “troubadour” Elyakum Zunser (1836-1913) in 1888. It was translated to Hebrew… read more
This text was published first in Kinor Zion [Zion’s Violin] (1900), following the death of Binyamin Zev Herzl (1860-1904), the… read more
Shaul Tchernihovsky (1875-1943) wrote this poem in Odessa in 1897. It was published in Ha-Eshkol [The Cluster], a literary magazine… read more
This song was written by Aba Konstantin Shapira (1839-1900), a poet and photographer of the Hibat Zion movement, in St.… read more
This text was published in Ha-Zamir (Odessa, 1903: p. 12) as a children’s play song, with instructions for marching in… read more
This text was published in the second volume of Yaakov Cohen’s Sefer Ha-Shirim (Warsaw, 1905: p. 15). “Pa’ame mashiah” describes… read more
The text of this song was published in the second volume of Ha-Zamir (Odessa, 1903: p. 37) and in Yaakov… read more
The Hebrew text was published in the book Havatselet Ha-Sharon: kovets shire ‘am bene yisrael (Warsaw, 1895). It is an… read more