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The scroll (megillah) of Esther is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example, from Baghdad, is hand painted, with an ornate design in which bands of flowers frame the text. It is rolled on a…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
ca. 1850
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This silver Hanukkah lamp is an example of a new type for home use that became popular in the late seventeenth century in Frankfurt am Main. Designed to resemble an ancient menorah, it has a central…
Contributor:
Johann Adam Boller
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1706
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Flags like this, made of paper, decorated, and attached to a stick—sometimes with an apple and a small lit candle atop it—were commonly carried by children during Simḥat Torah celebrations. The…
Contributor:
S. M. Sochora
Places:
Bobruisk, Russian Empire (Babruysk, Belarus)
Date:
1902