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Doors to the Bimah, Rema Synagogue (Krakow)
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The Rema Synagogue, named after the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Isserles (known by the Hebrew acronym “Rema”), was built in 1553 in the city of Kazimierz (today a district of Kraków). It was…

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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual objects, Ritual & observance, Art, Aesthetics, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Set of curved doors with carving of peacock-shaped pitcher filled with foliage and fruit extending to top of door.
Rema Synagogue (Kraków)
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The Rema Synagogue, named after the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Isserles (known by the Hebrew acronym “Rema”), was built in 1553 in the city of Kazimierz (today a district of Kraków). It was…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1553 and 1557

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Ritual objects, Art, Aesthetics, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Photograph of room with decorated ceiling, central platform with wrought-iron gate, and bookshelf on far wall.
Torah Ark from the Great Synagogue of Tykocin, Poland
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The mannerist and baroque Great Synagogue of Tykocin, Poland, was built in 1642. The synagogue was damaged during World War II and in the years following, but was restored in the 1970s, including its…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)

Date:

1642

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual objects, Aesthetics, Cities, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of carved doorway set in wall with curtain across it, surrounded by candelabra, Hebrew writing on wall, and chandelier in forefront.