A Polish Jew

Ḥavvot Yair (The Villages of Yair): On Ceremonial Objects

Question: A woman pledged, when she lay ill, to give her disukia, which is embroidered with gilt silver thread, to be made into a ceremonial object for the synagogue. The disukia is what is called in…

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Seal made of bone and decorated with a fish and a Hebrew inscription.

Seal of Hamiohel Daughter of Menahem, with Fish

From Jerusalem, this seal is made of bone. The fish image, a motif known only from Hebrew seals, suggests plenty and fertility (cf. Genesis 48:16) and may also allude to the life-giving nature of…

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Cover illustration featuring rooster, cat, bird, and squirrel hanging out of the windows of an ornate building with small turrets, with a smiling sun looking on and green hills next to the building.

Leah Goldberg, Dira le-Haskir, cover

Dira le-haskir (Apartment for Rent) by the Hebrew-language poet and writer, Leah Goldberg, became a bestselling children’s book in Israel soon after its publication in 1959. It tells the story of an…

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