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This astrological calendar contains a zodiac rota, divided into twelve astrological signs. The rota was one of the authoritative schemata that kabbalists used to map the structure of the sefirot, the…
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Unknown
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ca. 1400–1599
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This impressive cut-paper birth amulet is in the form of the double eagle, the symbol of the Habsburg Monarchy (and pre-partition Poland) and thus a popular motif in Galician Jewish folk art. It is…
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Russian Empire (Ukraine, Ukraine)
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Early 20th Century
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This page from a kabbalistic manuscript depicts the inner processes of the divine (the sefirot). Visualization plays an important part in kabbalah, and these diagrams provided a divine cartography…
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Unknown
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Early 16th Century
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Amulets often took the form of Bes, a minor Egyptian deity, who was understood to guard mothers in childbirth and their babies. Bes is often shown with a feathered headdress and a grotesque face, a…
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE
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This page from a kabbalistic manuscript depicts the inner processes of the divine (the sefirot). Visualization plays an important part in kabbalah, and these diagrams provided a divine cartography…
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16th–17th Century
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The Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu, depicted here in a combination of human and animal features, was invoked to prevent the malicious actions of the demon Lamashtu, who was believed to endanger newborn…
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Beth Shean, Land of Israel (Bet She’an, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 8th–7th Century BCE
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This cast and gilded bronze amulet from Italy includes a pair of dolphins as a design element. It is inscribed in Hebrew: “May no evil grieve you.”
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Artist Unknown
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16th Century
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The art of chiromancy (palmistry), which divines a person’s nature and often his or her future by examining the palm and fingers (and sometimes forehead), dates back to the ancient Near East and…
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Moses ben Elijah Gallena
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Crete, Venice (Crete, Greece)
Date:
1715
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Kabbalists prayed using the basic Jewish prayers, but added certain elements according to their own tradition. The prayers are often presented with kavanot (special devotional forms, meanings, and…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1734
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These pages come from the same manuscript of a midrashic commentary. The first image depicts the inner processes of the divine emanations (the sefirot). Visualization plays an important part in…
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Unknown
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1507