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Torah Finials
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These silver Torah finials are from Corfu and were made between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by an artist whose initials were A.Z. They were used in the Scuola Greca Synagogue, which…

Contributor:

A.Z.

Places:

Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)

Date:

Late 17th–Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Art, Ritual objects, Synagogue, Aesthetics, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Ritual Objects, Decorative arts
Pair of finials with decoration and chains hanging down.
Circumcision Set
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual objects, Circumcision, Children, Synagogue, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Ritual Objects, Decorative arts
Set of objects: a box lined with velvet, a small box with lid next to it, and two small shields.
Takkanot Kandia (Regulations of Candia): On Purim
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May salvation be near, and we be cleansed of great sin. Amen. I, the undersigned, have witnessed the bad custom practiced among young men on the days of Purim, that in the synagogue during the…

Contributor:

Moses Bili ben Judah, The Jewish Community of Crete

Places:

Crete, Venice (Crete, Greece)

Date:

1545

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Prayer & liturgy

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy