Judah Halevi,
Songs of Exile — Ode to Zion
“ And marvel at the Mount Abarim thine; Thy Mount Abarim and thy Mountain Hor, There where the two great luminaries sleep, Which were thy teacher and thy light before. The life of souls thine air is ”
Judah Halevi,
Songs of Exile — Ode to Zion
“ Shadows the captives that ensue thy peace, Left lonely from thine ancient shepherding? Lo! west and east and north and south—world-wide— All those from far and near, without surcease, Salute thee: Peace and Peace from every side ”
Judah Halevi,
Songs of Exile — Ode to Zion
“ Jehudah Halevi was born in Castile, in 1086 C. E. He was a physician and a philosopher, and the greatest Hebrew poet since Biblical times. Leopold Zunz says of him: "Er sang für alle Zeiten und Gelegenheiten, und wurde bald der Liebling seines Volkes." For the synagogue he wrote more than three hundred poems. Impelled by his longing for Zion he left Spain, and journeyed to Jerusalem, where he died in 1140. ”
