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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.
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Cup engraved with floral motifs.
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Kiddush Cup (Nuremberg)

Kiddush cups are used for the ritual blessing over wine. This one, partially made of gold, was crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, and was used in a synagogue in Lublin, Poland. The engraved plant and…
Cup inscribed with angels, birds, and other animals with a floral motif, and Hebrew text across the lip.
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Kiddush Cup (Frankfurt am Main)

This gold, repoussé, punched, and engraved cup was used for kiddush (the ritual sanctification of the Sabbath over wine) in the home of the Speyers, a prominent and wealthy family in the Jewish ghetto…
Silver oil lamp with row of eight cups on bottom, and elaborate carvings of two figures and floral designs on lamp with carved birds on top.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

At the center of the backplate of this silver Hanukkah menorah from Frankfurt am Main is a scene depicting the biblical heroine Judith, who has cut off Holofernes’s head and is about to place it in a…
Silver oil lamp with lions on each side and crown on top.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

The master silversmith Rötger Herfurth was particularly well known for his Hanukkah lamps, most of which have backplates and rampant lions, a style he popularized and which came to be known as the…
Nine-branched candelabrum.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Heilbronn)

This sleek and unornamented Hanukkah lamp is strikingly different in design from traditional menorahs. Inspired by the principles of the Bauhaus, it strives for both functionality and beauty but…
Eight-branched candelabrum with figure on top brandishing sword.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

This magnificent cast-silver Hanukkah lamp, modeled on the ancient menorah, was created in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The legendary Judith stands at the top, surrounded by animals and angels below…
Oil lamp with row of eight cups at the bottom carved with Hebrew inscription and animal heads, and sides resembling buildings.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Germany)

A prayer, Ha-nerot halalu anu madlikin (“These lights we burn”), usually recited after the blessings for lighting the Hanukkah candles, is inscribed on the back panel of this Hanukkah menorah from…
Silver candelabrum with eight branches and a central branch with carved figure on top, and decorative beads on each branch.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

This silver Hanukkah lamp is an example of a new type for home use that became popular in the late seventeenth century in Frankfurt am Main. Designed to resemble an ancient menorah, it has a central…
Silver oil lamp with row of eight cups below, carving of shell on top, and Hebrew inscription.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Nuremberg)

This Hanukkah menorah was made in Nuremberg, Germany, where it was characteristic in the eighteenth century for Hanukkah lamps to include a parchment with the blessings for lighting. At the time…
Oil lamp with geometric carvings.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Algeria)

This terracotta Hanukkah menorah from Cabilia (?), Algeria, is decorated with painted black triangular shapes (possibly representing humanoid figures) on a background of yellow, with edging in reddish…
Oil lamp with row of eight cups on the bottom and scallop-shaped decorations.
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Hanukkah Lamp (New York)

This brass Hanukkah menorah is thought to have been used in the First Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located on present-day South…
Oil lamp with cut-outs in various shapes, with row of eight cups on bottom and one cup on top.
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Hanukkah Lamp (Morocco)

The back of this brass Hanukkah menorah from Morocco is adorned with birds and a row of keyhole-shaped windows. The ring at top is designed to allow the lamp to be hung outside on a doorpost, a custom…