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The Hebrew inscription on this Torah shield from Vidin, Bulgaria, reads: “Dedicated to the holy congregation of Vidin, may the Lord build it, amen, by individuals from Ada Kalisi, may the Lord sustain…
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Artist Unknown
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Vidin, Ottoman Empire (Vidin, Bulgaria)
Date:
1658
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How great is the benefit of the printing houses, for thanks to the power of the printing press, the Torah is enhanced everywhere in the world. The rabbis are certainly making the effort to produce…
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Judah Papo
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Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Date:
1870
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This Torah ark curtain from Gördes, Turkey, features an archway flanked on either side with double columns and a hanging lamp, a motif common to both Islamic prayer rugs and mats and Ottoman Torah ark…
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Artist Unknown
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Gördes, Ottoman Empire (Gördes, Turkey)
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Late 18th–Early 19th Century
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This Torah curtain was made in Ankara, Turkey. The motifs of a central menorah and hands making the priestly blessing were common in other Ottoman Jewish ritual folk art. Embroidered verses from the…
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Artist Unknown
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Angora, Ottoman Empire (Ankara, Turkey)
Date:
1826
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This remarkable illustration is at the same time a shiviti—traditionally, a decorative plaque bearing the verse: “I am ever mindful of the Lord’s presence”—and a topographic map of the land of Israel…
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Moses Ganbash
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1838–1839
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When it was first built, the Sha‘ar Hashamayim (Gate of Heaven) Synagogue was the largest building on the boulevard where it still stands. Built to resemble what was imagined to be the design of the…
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Maurice Joseph Cattaui, Maurice Joseph Cattaui
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1905
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The Synagogue Mejor is a synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, built in the late fifteenth century by Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after being expelled from Majorca. Its name “Mejor” commemorates the…
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Artist Unknown
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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Early 16th Century
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Kabbalists prayed using the basic Jewish prayers, but added certain elements according to their own tradition. The prayers are often presented with kavanot (special devotional forms, meanings, and…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1734
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This is the frontispiece of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the Hebrew text of…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1546
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The masterpiece of eighteenth-century Ladino literature is the encyclopedic commentary on the Bible, Me‘am lo‘ez (From a People of Foreign Tongue), by Jacob Huli, the first volume of which was…
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730