Huppah Stone (Traustein)

Page of Aramaic text in center and around border with images of birds and flowers.

Ketubah

The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This ornate one from Isfahan, Iran…

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Manuscript page with Yiddish text and illustrations below of person blowing horn, several people seated with Torah scroll, someone standing with an open book, and a turret with door.

Yiddish Book of Customs

This page illustrating the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah is from a Yiddish book of customs from Italy. By the sixteenth century, Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazic Jews were the largest groups of…

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Photograph featuring a promenade alongside a beach with people walking and sitting, with several sets of lightposts and circular benches.

Tel Aviv Promenade, Tel Aviv-Jaffe, Israel

The main promenade of Tel Aviv, now known as the Lahat Promenade, is one of Tel Aviv’s most popular public spaces. Paved with pebbles in a pattern that evokes waves, it runs the entire length of the…

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Huppah Stone (Traustein)

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