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גַּמָּדֵי לָיִל | Gnomes of the Night, a poem by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (ca. 1894)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription), Ben Aronin and Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik
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Bedtime Shema | Tags:

romanticism, 19th century C.E., sheydim, night, modern hebrew poetry, mythopoetic, 57th century A.M., animistic spirits, Jewish faeries, creatures of the night, where the wild things are, vilde ḥayye, whimsy, magical beings, entering magical territory, evening spirits

The poem “Gamodei Layil” (Gnomes of the Night) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik, ca. 1894. . . .

צַפְרִירִים | Tsafririm (“Morning Spirits”), a poem by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1900)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription), Ben Aronin and Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik
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Birkhot haShaḥar | Tags:

romanticism, 19th century C.E., Light, first person, modern hebrew poetry, mythopoetic, 57th century A.M., Prayers as poems, alternate rhyming scheme, animistic spirits, numinous beings, Jewish faeries

The poem “Tsafririm” (1900) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik with an English translation by Ben Aronin. . . .

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גַּמָּדֵי לָיִל | Gnomes of the Night, a poem by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (ca. 1894)

צַפְרִירִים | Tsafririm (“Morning Spirits”), a poem by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1900)