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Ya‘arot devash (Honeycombs)
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The Meaning of the Sukkah: Exile, for the Whole World Is Only a…

Contributor:

Jonathan Eybeschütz

Places:

Metz, France

Date:

1744

Subjects:

Holidays, Sukkot, Ritual & observance, Halakhah, Ethics

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Sermons
De Pinto Etrog Container
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During the holiday of Sukkot, four plant species are used in rituals in the synagogue. One of these is the etrog (citron). While containers to protect the etrog later became more common, they were…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Dutch Republic (Netherlands)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Sukkot, Holidays, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Silver oval container of decorative leaf design and woven, embroidered case next to it.
Sukkot
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This illustration depicting different types of sukkahs on the holiday of Sukkot appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert to…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Holidays, Sukkot, Ritual & observance, Food and drink, Family

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Print of several tabernacles with people inside in the foreground and a bonfire in the background.
Mekits redumim (He Who Awakens the Sleepers)
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Thus said Hananiah Eliyakim, son of our honorable teacher, R. Asael Refael (may the memory of the righteous be for a blessing) Rieti, from the city of Siena: Will not God seek this out (Psalms 44:22…

Contributor:

Hananiah Eliakim Rieti

Places:

Luzzara, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Luzzara, Italy)

Date:

1648

Subjects:

Holidays, Hoshana Rabbah, Ritual & observance, Sukkot, Rabbis

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Sermons, Theology