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Beware! This man, Wessely, is an impious man. Beware, do not draw near to him! God, the Lord of Hosts, knows that for the sake of the glory of your Holy Torah I have come this day to hew down he who…
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David Tevele
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(Leszno, Poland)
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1782
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In order to understand what is katnut (“smallness”) and what is gadlut (“greatness”), consider this example: If one studies Torah without understanding, he is in a state of…
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Ba‘al Shem Tov
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Międzyboż, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Medzhybizh, Ukraine)
Date:
1793
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Polonne, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Polonne, Ukraine)
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1728
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
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1642
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The Oppressor Chmiel, may his name be blotted out, heard that many Jews had gathered in the holy community of Nemirow, and that they had a great deal of…
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Nathan Hannover
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Venice, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
Date:
1653
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The High (Wysoka) Synagogue was built in a Renaissance style in the mid-sixteenth century in the Kazimierz district of Kraków. It is the third-oldest synagogue in Kraków. This synagogue owes its name…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1556–1563
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The kapporet is a short curtain, a valance, hung over the curtain of the Torah ark, and first began to appear in Eastern Europe in the late seventeenth century. The griffins and crowns that appear on…
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Artist Unknown
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Zawichost, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zawichost, Poland)
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1700
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18th Century
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This foldout calendar is a beautifully illuminated feature that appears in a sefer ‘evronot. Works of this genre were Jewish calendar handbooks for calculating the dates of religious holidays and…
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Artist Unknown
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1552
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Isaac Lankosh of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1560