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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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Paper with Aramaic text surrounded by colonnades and elaborate, interlaced pattern around perimeter.
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Ketubah (Rhodes)

This ketubah (ritual marriage contract) from Rhodes formalizes the marriage of Avraham, son of Yehudah Galante, and Joya, daughter of Shlomo d’Boton. The groom may have been the prominent educator…
Paper with central Aramaic text surrounded by drawn scroll, eagle holding shield with American flag, two cherubs holding a sign with English words on it, and flowers on columns below text.
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Ketubah (Gibraltar)

An American eagle, stars and stripes, and the United States motto E pluribus unum adorn the top of this ketubah (marriage contract) from Gibraltar, between Shlomo ben Ya‘akov ben Otvoyl (spelling of…
Page of Aramaic text arranged in two columns surrounded by foliage and two angelic figures at top.
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Ketubah (Hamburg)

This ketubah was written for the wedding of Isaac Senior Teixeira (1631–1705) and Rachel Senior de Mattos. The wealthy Teixeira family (also known as Teixeira de Mattos or Teixeira de Sampayo), was…
Page of Aramaic text with illustration of pair of hands clasped at top and illustrated vignettes along sides of text depicting wedding scenes, joined by vines and flowers.
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Ketubah (Amsterdam)

This ketubah was written and illustrated for the wedding of Isaac Pereira and Rachel de Pinto, members of prominent Sephardic families. At the top a pair of hands clasp, and vignettes along the sides…
Page of Aramaic text framed by floral ornament with crown in top center and signatures in Roman alphabet and Spanish writing on bottom.
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Ketubah (Bordeaux)

This is the marriage contract (ketubah) that Isaac, the son of Aaron Sasportas, gave to Rebecca, the daughter of Abraham Pinto. A floral decoration stemming from a vase at the bottom of the contract…
Page of Aramaic text framed by flora and small pictorial scenes with human figures, with linked hands and heart at top center.
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Ketubah (Amsterdam)

In 1654, Rahel bat Hannah Rovigo married Isaac ben Abraham de Pinto, a member of a prosperous Jewish family of merchant bankers in Amsterdam. The ketubah (marriage contract), which outlines the…
Facing-page print with left-hand page of Hebrew text with decorative border and woodcut illustration on bottom of man riding ox next to brick building and man playing horn, and right-hand page with Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border including cherubs playing instruments.
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Haggadah (Mantua)

This Haggadah from Mantua, published by the Christian printer Giacomo Rufinelli under the supervision of Isaac ben Solomon Bassan, relies heavily on the Prague Haggadah of 1526, with the addition of…
Facing-page of printed Hebrew text on right side and illustration on left side of Hebrew text surrounded by four full-length figures, decorative border, and two animal-human hybrids on the bottom of page on either side of shield with lion.
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Haggadah (Prague)

This Haggadah from Prague, printed by Gershom and Grunim Katz with illustrations that are thought to be by Ḥayyim ben David Shaḥor, is one of the earliest Haggadahs ever printed. It was the first…
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in center and illustrations surrounding, including figures on left and right of text, two cherubs above text, and group of people below.
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Haggadah (Vienna)

The frontispiece of this Haggadah shows the biblical Aaron on the left, carrying the Temple incense, and Moses on the right, holding the tablets of the Law. The scene at the bottom of the page shows a…
Facing-page manuscript with Judeo-Persian text.
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Judeo-Persian Haggadah (Kaifeng)

. . . and caused us to reach this appointed time.On the first night, one should recite the blessing “who has kept us alive . . .” But on the second night, one should not read it.Blessed are…
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in center, large decorated Hebrew word at the top of the page next to illustration of figure at top right pouring wine, and illustration of people seated at table at bottom of page.
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Haggadah (Crete)

In 1583, Mattetiah ben David Spagnolo completed this illuminated Haggadah for Leon ben Judah Bili. Greek (Romaniote/Byzantine) Jews had lived on the island of Crete since the Second Temple period…
Printed page with Hebrew text in center framed by two standing figures on either side, and six circular images with scenes of figures and buildings.
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Haggadah (Amsterdam)

This Haggadah from Amsterdam was printed by Joseph ben Abraham Athias and is adorned with elaborate copper etchings by artist Abraham Bar Jacob. It was the first Haggadah to include these sorts of…