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Serkele
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Reb Shmelke: Well, I can see that you are a clever man, so I will tell you the whole story in brief. [He takes a drink.] As you see me before you, I’m called Reb Smelke [Shmelke, as pronounced by a…

Contributor:

Solomon Ettinger

Places:

Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)

Date:

1839

Subjects:

Marriage, Women, Sectarianism, Synagogue

Categories:

Performing Arts, Theater/Drama, Literature
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:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Inscriptions
Wood-framed Hebrew inscription.