Ketubah

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…

Hebrew woman, who knows your life? You came in darkness and in darkness depart. Your sorrows and joys, your hopes and desires Were born within you and die in your heart. Daughters of other nations Ma…

The Great Synagogue of Lutsk (Łuck) in Ukraine was built in 1626. Renaissance in style, the synagogue is an example of a fortress synagogue, built not only as a house of worship but also with the…