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Ketubah between God and Israel for Shavuot
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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy)

Date:

17th–18th Century

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Shavuot, Ketubot, Angels, demons & deities, Allegory

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Legal Documents, Magical Texts
Page of Aramaic text with illustrations of figure on left side of text holding tablets and figure on right side of text with hat, tents above text, and animals and burning bush below text.
Ketubah for Shavuot
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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot

Contributor:

Israel Najara

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Shavuot, Marriage, Ketubot, Allegory

Categories:

Magic & Mysticism, Mystical Texts, Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Page of Aramaic text with illustrations of figure on left side of text holding tablets and figure on right side of text with hat, tents above text, and animals and burning bush below text.