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Lighting the Sabbath and Festival Candles
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This woodcut depicts Jewish women and girls lighting candles to mark the beginning of the Sabbath or a holiday. The illustration appears in a Yiddish translation by Shim’on Levi Gintsburg, printed in…

Contributor:

Isaac Tyrnau, Shim’on Levi Gintsburg

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1600

Subjects:

Women, Holidays, Sabbath, Ritual & observance, Dress

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Household Objects
Printed page with Yiddish text below illustration of women and children lighting a hanging lamp next to dining table.
Purim Tray
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This Purim tray from the seventeenth century was made in Hamburg, Germany. A fine repoussé piece, its center is adorned with a court scene, complete with a ruler sitting on a raised throne, surrounded…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Free Imperial City of Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Food and drink, Community, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Household Objects, Decorative Arts
Metal tray with repoussé images of birds and fruit around rim, and image of king and subjects in center.