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Mah Tovu notes our coming into the house of God, symbolized by the words “tents” and “tabernacles.” Mah Tovu begins with a passage from the Torah (Num. 24), in which the pagan prophet Balaam blesses…
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Lori Justice-Shocket
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Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
2004
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This magnificent maḥzor (holiday prayer book) was copied—and most likely decorated—by the scribe Isaac bar Mordechai ha-Kohen (Isaac Lankosh of Kraków). (In several places, the name “Isaac” has…
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Isaac Lankosh of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1560
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book), containing the Jewish prayers according to the Italian rite, was written by the scribe Eliezer ben Abraham of Pisa, for Yema, the widow of Moses of Modena (referred…
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Eliezer ben Abraham of Pisa
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
Date:
1531
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Sifre ‘evronot—manuals for calculating the Jewish calendar, including leap years and holidays—were a popular genre of Ashkenazic illustrated manuscripts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries…
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Phineas Halevi
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Halberstadt, Holy Roman Empire (Halbe Metze, Germany)
Date:
1716
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Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham), completed in Venice in 1719, is an interpretation and retelling of sections from the book of Psalms in verse. The Hebrew text in this illustration comes…
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1719
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Pages from Mark Podwal’s A Book of Hebrew Letters, an exploration of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet through drawings and words representing each letter.
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Mark Podwal
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1992
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Each corner of Mickie Caspi’s Seasons Ketubah represents one of the four seasons. The traditional text is framed by a mosaic of heart-shaped flowers and encircled by a quote from the Song of Songs.
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Mickie Caspi
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Newton, United States of America
Date:
2005
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Kneeling figure praying, Hazor, first half of eighth century BCE. Raised hands are a gesture of prayer. This is on a seal impression stamped on the rim of a krater.
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
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First Half of 8th Century BCE
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Kabbalist Elijah Menaḥem ben Abba Mari Ḥalfan constructed this diagram, now stained and torn, with the assistance of his tutor Abraham Sarfati. It depicts the sefirotic system and includes Ḥalfan’s…
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Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1533
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Cabbalistic Sphere, a sculpture made from polished aluminum, is one of Kaish’s many works inspired by ancient Jewish texts. Some of her works with spiritual and metaphysical themes are abstract…
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Luise Kaish
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1975