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A Prayer for the Restoration of Judah
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Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; Behold, and see our disgrace! Our heritage has passed to aliens, Our homes to strangers. We have become orphans, fatherless; Our mothers are like widows. W…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prayer & liturgy, Temple, Jerusalem, Repentance, Mourning, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy, Biblical poetry
Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)
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This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Ritual objects, Prayer & liturgy, Mourning, Repentance

Categories:

Ritual Objects, Decorative arts
Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.