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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1792
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The use of wall niches for Torah scrolls was a feature of some of the earliest synagogues and continues today in Mizrahi communities. This striking faience-tile mosaic structure would have decorated a…
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Isfahan, Safavid Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
16th Century
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The great value of prayer is well known. It is formulated in the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings, and explained further in the words of our rabbis of blessed memory. It is called the service of…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1617
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The Harrison Miscellany is an early eighteenth-century codex of sixty leaves featuring delicate gouache illustrations and Hebrew texts. Each illustration (likely executed by a Venetian, non-Jewish…
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Artist Unknown
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Corfu, Republic of Venice
(Corfu, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1720