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This ewer and basin from Turkey were used to wash hands ritually during the Passover seder. Owned by the Benguiat family, a large and prominent Sephardic family in the Ottoman Empire, the objects…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1845
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One of Charlotte von Rothschild’s most outstanding works is the only known nineteenth-century Hebrew manuscript to have been illuminated by a woman.
Contributor:
Charlotte von Rothschild
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1842
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Once again, following our custom of addressing readers [of the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), April 3, 1863] in view of the upcoming celebrations, we open the book of books, our holy Torah, in order…
Contributor:
Daniel Neufeld
Places:
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1863