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Inscription from the Establishment of the Rema Synagogue
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The text on this inscription, dating from the establishment of the Rema Synagogue in Krákow, reads, in part: “The man, R. Israel ben Joseph (of blessed memory), gathered his strength, for the honor of…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1553

Subjects:

Synagogue, Charity, Memory, Women, Marriage

Categories:

Decorative arts, Inscriptions
Wood-framed Hebrew inscription.
Correspondence with Moses Montefiore
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To Sir Moses Montefiore, from Oro, the widow of Hayim Arieh, 1866 [Oh] one who gives light to the earth and to them that dwell thereon, who is…

Contributor:

Oro Arieh

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Israel)

Date:

1866

Subjects:

Poverty, Charity, Orphans, Women

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters