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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
Shared on ז׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״ט (2019-01-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication
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Birkhot haShaḥar
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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, entering magical territory

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

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
Shared on ח׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״ט (2019-01-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication
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Bedtime Shema
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romanticism, 19th century C.E., שדים 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. . . .

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

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