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Pisherl woke up. He was delighted when, on coming into the workroom, he discovered I was there. He ran up and embraced me as if we hadn’t seen each other in years…
Contributor:
Itzik Manger
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1939
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Sefer Raziel (also known as The Book of Raziel the Angel) is a book of practical kabbalah that may have been composed in the thirteenth century, though scholars believe parts of it date from earlier…
Contributor:
Moses Mendez Coutinho
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1701
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This German amulet is printed with unique designs. The names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicate the use of this amulet as birth protection for mother and child, as…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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It was a bright and frosty winter night, moon and stars in the sky, snow, bedded snow, in the fields, and no sound from the paths, no horse and sleigh, no bell from the way, just field and peace…
Contributor:
Der Nister
Date:
1913
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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750