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This decorated manuscript of the prayers for a circumcision ceremony was owned by one Joseph ben Samuel. On its title page (not shown) is an unidentified coat of arms decorated with the Order of the…
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Uri Fayvesh Segal
Places:
Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1750
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Moses Cordovero was a revered scholar and teacher in the kabbalistic center of Safed, which stressed the importance of mystical prayer and kavanah (mystical intention). Tefilah le-Moshe contains kavan…
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Moses Cordovero, Artist Unknown
Places:
Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
Date:
1615
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This siddur from Greece contains the prayers of the Romaniote (Greek-speaking Jewish) community of the eastern Mediterranean. It is open at a piyyut (liturgical poem) called “God’s Beloved Daughter,”…
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Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Aitoloakarnania, Greece)
Date:
1528
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This is the title page of Me‘on ha-sho’alim (L’abitacolo degli oranti; Abode of the Supplicants), by the poet and translator Devorà Ascarelli, a member of the Catalan community in Rome. Me‘on ha-sho…
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Devorà Ascarelli
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1601
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The frontispiece of this book of penitential prayers published in Amsterdam, Tikun li-kro’ laylah va-yom (A Tikkun to Read Day and Night) has a three-tiered illustration. The top level depicts Moses…
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1666
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This illustration from a book of prayers for the Jewish Gravediggers Society depicts the cycle of life. Figures of men and women in pairs ascend and descend the staircase, progressing from youth to…
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1740
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Kiddush cups are used for the ritual blessing over wine. This one, partially made of gold, was crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, and was used in a synagogue in Lublin, Poland. The engraved plant and…
Contributor:
Michael Müllner
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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In this table, giving the notation for chanting the Torah, the musical notes indicate the melody of each cantillation mark, while the Hebrew words below them indicate the name and shape of the mark.
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Unknown
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1611
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This Haggadah was created by Abraham Farissol in Ferrara, Italy, for his friend Joseph ben Mordecai Judah Norsa. It has twelve illustrations in ink, accented with watercolor. Pictured here (bottom) is…
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Abraham Farissol
Places:
Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1515
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Likute Yosef (The Compilation of Joseph), a commentary on prayers, is an important source of information about the Jewish religious culture of Worms, Germany, one of the oldest and most important…
Contributor:
Yuspa Shamash
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
17th Century