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Print engraving of man in head covering pointing to open book with one hand and gesturing with the other, with Dutch and French text underneath.

Portrait of Nathan of Gaza

Nathan of Gaza (also known as Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Ḥayim ha-Levi Ashkenazi) was born in Jerusalem and moved to Gaza in around 1663. The son of a respected religious scholar, he became a scholar…

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Photograph of rectangular room with arched windows, floor covered in sand, wooden cabinet on far wall, wooden benches on left side and along walls, and wooden lectern on right side.

Tzedek ve-Shalom Synagogue, Suriname

Built in 1736, the Tzedek ve-Shalom synagogue served a Sephardic congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had migrated from Holland to Suriname. Located in Suriname’s capital of Paramaribo, the…

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Manuscript page with a grid of Hebrew letters and words set within two domed columns with flags, with image of naked man and woman next to tree between the columns at the top of the page, and man holding scales in middle of page.

‘Evronot Manuscript (Rules for Calculation of the Calendar)

Sifre ‘evronot—manuals for calculating the Jewish calendar, including leap years and holidays—were a popular genre of Ashkenazic illustrated manuscripts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries…

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