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This kiddush cup and wine carafe by the master glass engraver Daniel Henriques de Castro displays his delicate technique, known as stippling. Though it is most common for kiddush cups, used for the…
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Daniel Henriques de Castro
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
ca. 1860
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In Jewish tradition, the end of the Sabbath (or a festival) is marked by the ceremony of Havdalah, which includes the ritual smelling of spices (besomim). Many Jewish cultures approached the box…
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Emanuel Eisler
Date:
ca. 1880
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This beautiful, embroidered challah cover was made in Jerusalem around the year 1890 as a gift of thanks to “the gentlelady Mazal Tov Eliyah Ezra.” It is signed at the bottom by a mother and daughter…
Contributor:
Sarah and Miriam Yellin
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1890
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This silver kiddush cup is believed to have belonged to Judah Loew. Known as the Maharal of Prague, Judah Loew ben Bezalel spent twenty years as rabbi in Moravia, moving in 1573 to the Bohemian…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1600