Esther Play for Purim

Three drawings of faces with floral designs.

Faces decorating a siddur

These are marginal illustrations found in a manuscript siddur from Italy according to the Romaniote rite, with prayers focused on marriage and birth rituals and customs, as well as the pidyon ha-ben…

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Stone relief of human-like monster in a chair and several animals and figures.

Holiness of the People

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. You shall each revere his mother and his…

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Framed painting of woman facing viewer, wearing beaded head covering, with domed building in background, and Hebrew word on frame underneath portrait.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife, with the Dome of the Rock in the Background

Ze’ev Raban painted this portrait of his wife, Miriam, in 1914, the same year they got married and he became head of the repoussé department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. His…

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