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The gravestone of Judah Loew (known as the Maharal) and his wife, Pearl (1528–1610) is located in the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Jewish quarter in Prague. A prominent scholar and kabbalist, the…
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1609 and 1610
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This tombstone of Isaac ben Ḥayim, who died in 1728, includes (at the top) a pair of deer and a pair of lions, animal carvings that often appeared on Jewish tombstones in Eastern Europe. They…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Polonne, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polonne, Ukraine)
Date:
1728