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The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This ornate one from Isfahan, Iran…
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Isfahan, Iran
Date:
1887
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A ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This ornate ketubah from Oran, Algeria…
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Oran, French Algeria (Oran, Algeria)
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1847
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I received your inquiry in which you asked me to express my opinion . . . concerning a curtain with multicolored images that was designated a Torah curtain, and which has been used for some time for…
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Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
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Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)
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1732
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The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This printed ketubah created by…
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Zemah Davidsohn
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1863
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Because observant Jews do not light fires or cook on the Sabbath, they prepare hot meals before the beginning of the Sabbath. In some communities, families brought their Sabbath stew (known as cholent…
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1579/1580
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The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This one, made in Bucharest, Romania…
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Artist Unknown
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Bucharest, Austrian Empire (Bucharest, Romania)
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1859
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But must we conclude—as many think—that Halachah and Aggadah are two irreconcilable opposites?
Those who so conclude are confusing accident and form with substance; as who should declare the ice and…
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Chaim Nahman Bialik
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1915