Yiddish Book of Customs

Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.

Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)

Letter to Mendele

Dedication to My Dearly Beloved Grandfather, Reb Mendalle Mocher SephorimTo my dear grandfather, greetings!Stempenyu, my first long novel, which I inscribe to you, is yours; not only because I have…

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Illustration of man in a bloody apron holding a bloody knife as he begins to slaughter a large animal.

The Shohet (from “Had Gadya”)

The violence of the Passover song “Had Gadya” (“Who Knows One”) clearly spoke to this illustrator’s sense of horror following World War I.

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