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Proofreader’s Preface: Seder tefilot ke-minhag kahal kadosh Sefarad (The Order of the Prayers of the Holy Congregation of Spain)

Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

1627

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The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Manuscript page with Hebrew writing on top and illustration below of three central figures in hats and holding swords, next to a horse, camel, dogs, and two tents, with people in the left background and mountains beyond.

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Haggadah (Amsterdam)

Joseph Leipnik

1737

Framed piece of paper with three columns of text: single letters in left column, numbers in middle column, and Hebrew text in right column.

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Omer Board

1730

Cup etched with scales.

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Kiddush Cup of Judah Loew (Prague)

ca. 1600

Page of Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border with four well-dressed figures on top.

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Scroll of the Book of Esther

Moses Pescarol

1618

Photograph of carved doorway set in wall with curtain across it, surrounded by candelabra, Hebrew writing on wall, and chandelier in forefront.

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Torah Ark from the Great Synagogue of Tykocin, Poland

1642

Shield with decorative border inlaid with semi-precious stones and adorned with lions and crown at top, column on left and plaque in middle with Hebrew text.

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Torah Shield (Germany)

17th Century

Embroidered curtain of columns with crowns on left and right sides and decorative floral motifs throughout, and Hebrew text in top center.

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Torah Curtain from Prague

1697

Ivory pointer in shape of hand on one end with three ivory and brass beads.

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Torah Pointers (Ukraine)

Late 19th–Early 20th Century

Page of printed English text surrounded by decorative border, with small image of wedding on top of page, with spaces for signatures and handwritten text throughout text.

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English Ketubah (New York)

Joseph Werbelowsky

1902

Photograph of wooden structure with two small columns of Hebrew writing with crown on top, and two sculped lions on either side.

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A Fragment of the Altar of a Synagogue in Mariampol

Valerii Rybarskii

1902