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Shown here are two slightly different reconstructions of the Tabernacle based on the Bible’s descriptions; many details derive from educated guesses. The first shows the sanctuary compound with its…
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The Arad sanctuary today exists in ruins (image on left), and scholars have attempted its reconstruction (right). The sanctuary included a building with a broad hall approximately 35 feet (10.5 m)…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Menasseh Ben Israel, Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1629
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This gravestone is inscribed in memory of Abraham Cohen Pimentel, who served as rabbi of the Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga) in Amsterdam. One narrow side contains an opened book; the opposite narrow…
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Altona, Habsburg Empire (Altona, Germany)
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1697
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Paris, French Second Republic (Paris, France)
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1850
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Tiberias, Land of Israel (Tiberias, Israel)
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ca. 925
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Jacob van Ruisdael
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1654/5
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Established in 1616 as part of a yeshiva in Amsterdam, the Ets Ḥayim library continues to function to this day, making it the oldest operational Jewish library in the world. It moved to its current…
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1718/19 and 1732/33
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David Pina
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1678