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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.
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…

Places:

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.
Interior of the Synagogue in Fürth
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This print depicting a service in the synagogue in Fürth is from the beginning of the eighteenth century, a period of prosperity for the city’s Jewish community. There were between 350 and 400 Jewish…

Contributor:

Johannes Alexander Böner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1705

Subjects:

Synagogue, Jewish quarters, Community, Ritual & observance, Architecture

Categories:

Print & book culture, Architecture
Print engraving of large room with rows of pews with men in prayer shawls standing with books, vaulted ceiling, many chandeliers, and raised platform along far wall.