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“Good morning, Master of the universe!
I, Levi-Yitzchok of Berdytschev, have come to hold
Judgment with You concerning Your people Israel.
What have You against Israel?
Why have you imposed…
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Levi Isaac of Berdichev
Places:
Berdyczów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Berdychiv, Ukraine)
Date:
ca. 1790
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Moses Mordechai Margaliot (d. 1617) was a member of a family descended from the illustrious medieval scholar Rashi. Margaliot served as a rabbi in Kraków. He was buried in the cemetery of the Rema…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1617
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The Great Synagogue of Slonim was one of the prominent synagogues of the region, a testament to the prosperity and status of the town’s Jewish community. Today, it is the best-preserved synagogue in…
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Slonim, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Slonim, Belarus)
Date:
1635–1642
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Smotrych, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Smotrych, Ukraine)
Date:
1744
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Matteo Gucci
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1569–70
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Artist Unknown
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(Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1642
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These two lecterns are from Jablonów in the southern part of eastern Galicia and may have graced the town’s wooden synagogue, which was built as early as 1674. Carved from wood, and standing on two…
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Artist Unknown
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Jabłonów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Yablonov, Ukraine)
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17th or 18th Century
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1. When the leaders of the people assembled together, the heads of the holy community of Ludmir (Włodzimierz), in conjunction with all…
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The Assembly of Ludmir
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Ludmir, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Włodzimierz, Poland)
Date:
1602
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King Solomon, peace be upon him, says in…
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Rebecca Tiktiner
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century
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Every woman is obligated to kindle lights on the eve of each Sabbath and Festival and this is a great mitzvah. And she makes the blessing, “Blessed are You God, our Lord, King of the universe. Who…
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Nicolas de Nicolay, Benjamin Slonik
Places:
Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
Date:
1577