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Synagogue Service for the New Year
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This illustration depicting Rosh Hashanah services in a synagogue appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert to Christianity…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Synagogue, Prayer, Conversion

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Print engraving of large group of people in room with vaulted ceiling, raised platform on left side, open Torah ark, and balcony.
Preparing for Passover
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This illustration depicting Jews baking matzah and cleaning the house for Passover appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Holidays, Passover, Food and drink, Family, Conversion

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Food & drink
Print engraving of scenes indoors and outdoors of people cooking in kitchen, cleaning, using oven, and gathering wheat.
Jewish Betrothal Ceremony
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This illustration depicting a Jewish betrothal ceremony appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert to Christianity. The first…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Synagogue, Ethnography, Conversion

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Dress & Adornment
Print engraving with groups of people in room talking, with open door to another room in background.