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This painting exemplifies the decorative plaques that sometimes adorned the eastern walls of synagogues to commemorate the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem and indicate the direction of prayer. In…

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Netanel Leichter

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Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Synagogue, Cities, Crafts, Jewish identity, Jerusalem

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Visual & Material Culture, Painting, Architecture

Authorization of Receipt of Donation by Eretz Israel Contribution Fund of Ferrara (Italy) Congregation

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This receipt with ornate Hebrew calligraphy was issued to certify a donation by members of Ferrara’s Jewish community to aid Jews in Jerusalem. The funds were solicited by the rabbi of a yeshiva in…

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Unknown

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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

18th Century

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Charity, Israel-Diaspora relations, Rabbis, Cities, Jerusalem

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Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Legal Documents, Law

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