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Benjamin Tammuz


Born
in Kharkiv, Russian Federation
July 11, 1919

Died
July 19, 1989


Benjamin Tammuz (Hebrew: בנימין תמוז) was born in Russia in 1919 and immigrated to Palestine with his family at the age of five. Tammuz was a sculptor as well as a diplomat, writer, and for many years, literary editor of the Ha'aretz newspaper. His numerous novels and short stories have received many literary prizes. ...more

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(אליקום #3) אליקום: ספר ההזיות
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“ודע לך שאתה מצאצאי הגזע, שהוא לפעמים כזיקית ולפעמים כזמיר. והזיקית – למען תחיה – מחליפה צבעיה לפי חליפות הזמנים והנסיבות; והזמיר – למען יחיה – שר שיר יחיד כמשוגע איש הרוח. ומשני מיני הטבָעים האלה עשויה גם נפשך. וראה שתהיה זיקית בצאתך וזמיר בביתך. אשרי מי שכתלי ביתו איתנים.”
― Benjamin Tammuz, הזיקית והזמיר
tags: antisemitism, chameleon, judaism, nightingale, אנטישמיות, זיקית, זמיר, יהדות
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“הסכת ושמע; אמנם שרפתי את מקדשך לפני אלפיים שנים, ואמנם שילחתיך לגלות והבאתי עליך פורענויות הרבה; אבל תמורת כל אלה נתתי בידך מקל נדודים, לנוע בו על פני עולמי כולו, העולם שבראתי להנאת המאושרים שבעמים, השאננים, פרות הבשן הדשנות. ממעמקי מִסכֵּנותך היהודית אתה רשאי להתבונן בעולמי וליטול כל מה שניתן בחינם אפילו לחיות השדה. לכך נתכוונתי כשגזרתי עליך ללכת לגלות.”
― Benjamin Tammuz, הזיקית והזמיר
tags: exile, judaism, wandering, גלות, יהדות, נדודים
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“They protected themselves until the end and each one of them died a dog’s death, as lonely as a star no telescope has discovered and therefore no one ever wants to reach.”
― Benjamin Tammuz, Minotaur
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