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And we may remove the [Seder] table, so that the young child should express wonder at why we are removing the table; for surely it would be appropriate to eat now that we are already leaning…
Contributor:
Judah Loew
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Prague, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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This silver kiddush cup is believed to have belonged to Judah Loew. Known as the Maharal of Prague, Judah Loew ben Bezalel spent twenty years as rabbi in Moravia, moving in 1573 to the Bohemian…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1600
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And this, too, must be said, that the main reason for establishing the days of Hanukkah is because they [the Jews] were victorious over the Greeks. However, it did not appear that the victory was…
Contributor:
Judah Loew
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1600