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This woodcut depicts Jewish women and girls lighting candles to mark the beginning of the Sabbath or a holiday. The illustration appears in a Yiddish translation by Shim’on Levi Gintsburg, printed in…
Contributor:
Isaac Tyrnau, Shim’on Levi Gintsburg
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1600
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This kiddush cup and wine carafe by the master glass engraver Daniel Henriques de Castro displays his delicate technique, known as stippling. Though it is most common for kiddush cups, used for the…
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Daniel Henriques de Castro
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
ca. 1860
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This gold, repoussé, punched, and engraved goblet was used for kiddush (the ritual sanctification of the Sabbath over wine) in the home of the Speyers, a prominent and wealthy family in the Jewish…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
Early 18th Century
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Because observant Jews do not light fires or cook on the Sabbath, they prepare hot meals before the beginning of the Sabbath. In some communities, families brought their Sabbath stew (known as cholent…
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1579/1580