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Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
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Bielsk, Russian Empire
(Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
Date:
1862
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Ze’ev ben Abraham [?]
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Piotrków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland)
Date:
1766
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Moses Michael Rosenboim
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Schönlanke, Kingdom of Prussia
(Trzcianka, Poland)
Date:
1848
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We live in a time of a universal striving for science and civilization, and the spirit of the time warms the hearts of everyone alike with its breath. It permeates the depths of the soul and reason…
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Israel Leon Grosglik
Places:
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1869
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Artist Unknown
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Yanuv, Russian Empire
(Janów, Poland)
Date:
1700s
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The kapporet is a short curtain, a valance, hung over the curtain of the Torah ark, and first began to appear in Eastern Europe in the late seventeenth century. The griffins and crowns that appear on…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Zawichost, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zawichost, Poland)
Date:
1700
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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…
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Daniel Neufeld
Places:
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1863
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Moses Mordechai Margaliot (d. 1617) was a member of a family descended from the illustrious medieval scholar Rashi. Margaliot served as a rabbi in Kraków. He was buried in the cemetery of the Rema…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1617