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Ketubah (Hamburg)
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On June 7, 1690, Samuel de Isaac Senior Teixeira married Rachel Teixeira de Mattos Senior in Hamburg. Their beautiful ketubah (marriage contract) depicts the couple under the wedding canopy…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1690

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Ketubot, Life cycle, Marriage, Sephardic, Law

Categories:

Print & book culture, Law, Legal documents
Page of Aramaic text surrounded by ornate illustrations, including couple under wedding canopy at the top of the page with many well-dressed people around them and two angels flying overhead, and two women on pedestals on either side of the bottom of the page on either side of a wreath with text inside.
Minhage Vormeiza (Customs of Worms): On Weddings
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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…

Contributor:

Judah Leib Kirchheim

Places:

Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)

Date:

ca. 1631

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Betrothal, Synagogue, Prayer & liturgy, Journalism, Law

Categories:

Law, Reportage
Print engraving of people outdoors around wedding canopy, outside of building.