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Tuesday, parashat Shemini 5643 (1883), Sighet.
To the astute and erudite master, R. Eli Marder, may his light shine. I received your letter concerning the wicked men who do not allow their sons to be…
Contributor:
Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum
Date:
1883
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This beaker was used by the members of a burial society in Prague at their annual banquet, held on the day traditionally designated as the anniversary of Moses’ death. The painted scene depicts a…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1713
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This silver beaker is one of two commissioned by the Burial Society of Worms in the eighteenth century. Beakers were used at the ceremony inducting members into the society at its annual banquet…
Contributor:
Johann Conrad Weiss
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1711/1712
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This etching depicts a body being brought for burial in the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish cemetery at Ouderkerk, the oldest Jewish cemetery (est. 1614) in the Netherlands, located on the Amstel River.
Contributor:
Romeyn de Hooghe
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1675–ca. 1695