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Torah Finials
William Spackman
1719
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William Spackman was a silversmith in London. Active between 1703 and 1726, he produced ceremonial objects for London’s Jewish community in the style favored by Dutch silversmiths.
As for me, I was born in Tsviatshits and my name is Mendele the Book Peddler. Most of the year I’m on the road, travelling from one place to another, so people know me everywhere. I ride all over…
[ . . . ] 5. When one wishes to go to the synagogue, he should say, “I will go to the synagogue for the sake of the unification of the presence of the Holy One and to raise it from its fall,” as…