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…
[ . . . ] Got together with Werner this afternoon; he wants me to become active in the [Social Democratic] party. Had a discussion about historical materialism that was quite interesting to me. [ . .…
Zikhron Ya‘akov was first established near the city of Haifa as an agricultural settlement in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from Romania. A year later, it became the beneficiary of philanthropist Baron…