Sample Sources

The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.

Tombstone in the shape of a triangular prism with carving of open book on short end with Hebrew and Portuguese inscriptions and decoration along length of stone.

Tombstone of Abraham Cohen Pimentel

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Tombstone Inscriptions (Jamaica)

Gravestone of honorable old lady Sra Rachel, wife of the wealthy citizen the honorable R. Jacob Fernandes Gill, deceased, seventh day of Passover, 22 Nisan 5486May her soul be…

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Cloth cover with embroidery and metal crown, and crown resting on top of cloth.

Torah Mantle (Venice)

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Three cylindrical embroidered cloth covers, two with crowns on top and one with two finials on top.

Torah Mantles (Netherlands)

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Cloth with fringe on bottom, Hebrew text on top and middle, and border of foliage.

Torah Mantle (Vienna)

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Ivory pointer in shape of hand on one end with three ivory and brass beads.

Torah Pointers (Ukraine)

These two Torah pointers (yadayim) are from Galicia, one made of ivory and brass and the other of wood. Yadayim (hands) are used during public reading of the Torah, so that the reader may avoid…

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