High Synagogue (Krakow)

Print with German text on top and large illustration of procession of people leaving a city carrying bundles, with some horses and wagons.

The 1670 Expulsion of the Jews from Vienna

This illustration, from an antisemitic publication, Jüdische neue Zeitung vom Marsch aus Wien und anderen Orten der jetzigen zwölff Jüdischen Stammen (Jewish Newspaper from the March to Vienna and…

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Responsum: On Communal Leadership

Question: The holy community of Rhodes (may their Rock protect and sustain them) agreed and accepted upon themselves, under the threat of very severe penalties, that no member of Israel—not Sargons n…

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Filigree container in shape of a train car with four wheels and two smoke stacks.

Train-Shaped Besamim Box

In Jewish tradition, the end of the Sabbath (or a festival) is marked by the ceremony of Havdalah, which includes the ritual smelling of spices (besomim). Many Jewish cultures approached the box…

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High Synagogue (Krakow)

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