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Huppah Stone (Traustein)
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For German Jews, it was traditional in the wedding ceremony for the groom to perform the ritual of breaking a glass in remembrance of the destruction of the Temple by hurling it or banging it against…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Bingen, Holy Roman Empire (Bingen, Germany)

Date:

1700

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Ritual objects, Ritual & observance, Art, Architecture, Sculpture

Categories:

Architecture, Sculpture
Stone with carving of star in center and flowers on either side.
A Fragment of the Altar of a Synagogue in Mariampol
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The Torah ark in the synagogue of Mariampol was surmounted by tablets of the law flanked by rampant lions and topped with a crown, with hands making the priestly blessing. After World War II, Soviet…

Contributor:

Valerii Rybarskii

Places:

Marijampole, Russian Empire (Marijampole, Lithuania)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Synagogue, Jewish identity, Piety, Ritual objects, Cities, Architecture, Sculpture

Categories:

Architecture, Sculpture
Photograph of wooden structure with two small columns of Hebrew writing with crown on top, and two sculped lions on either side.