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Doors to the Bimah, Rema Synagogue (Krakow)
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The Rema Synagogue, named after the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Isserles (known by the Hebrew acronym “Rema”), was built in 1553 in the city of Kazimierz (today a district of Kraków). It was…

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
Set of curved doors with carving of peacock-shaped pitcher filled with foliage and fruit extending to top of door.
Sefat ha-shulḥan (Rim of the Table)
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To cause a blessing to rest within your house, by virtue of your deeds in this world throughout your life; to include [a blessing in] the world to come, as indicated by the length of your days…

Contributor:

Abraham ha-Levi Segal

Places:

Rzeszow, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeszow, Poland)

Date:

First Half of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual & observance, Halakhah, Food and drink, Blessings & curses

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy