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The Order of Grace after Meals
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This page from a birkon (Grace after Meals) is an example of the work of Aaron Wolf Herlingen (Aaron Schreiber), a prominent eighteenth-century scribe and artist known for his illustrated Grace after…

Contributor:

Aaron Wolff Herlingen of Gewitsch

Places:

Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer & liturgy, Blessings & curses, Food and drink

Categories:

Print & book culture, Food & drink
Manuscript page of Hebrew text with illustration of woman sitting on bed holding a book by candlelight.
In the Wilderness
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ExodusChapter 16Setting out from Elim, the whole Israelite community came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Sabbath, Food and drink, Leadership, Blessings & curses, Migration
Sefat ha-shulḥan (Rim of the Table)
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To cause a blessing to rest within your house, by virtue of your deeds in this world throughout your life; to include [a blessing in] the world to come, as indicated by the length of your days…

Contributor:

Abraham ha-Levi Segal

Places:

Rzeszow, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeszow, Poland)

Date:

First Half of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual & observance, Halakhah, Food and drink, Blessings & curses

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy