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Weissberger-Lenson Ketubah
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This staunchly Reform ketubah—it is entirely in English—reflects the changing nature of the Hebrew Publishing Company, which had long published primarily for the Yiddish- and Hebrew-using immigrant…

Contributor:

Joseph Werbelowsky

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Ketubot, Marriage, Ritual object, Reform Judaism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
Page of printed English text surrounded by decorative border, with small image of wedding on top of page, with spaces for signatures and handwritten text throughout text.
Pair of Torah Finials
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Torah finials are a pair of ornaments used to decorate the upper ends of the rollers on which the Torah scroll is wound. The Hebrew term rimonim, which means “pomegranates,” references the…

Contributor:

Myer Myers

Places:

Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies (Philadelphia, United States of America)

Date:

1776

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Crafts, Ritual object, Synagogue

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Ritual Objects
Spherical silver and gold Torah finials