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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
18th Century
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A.Z.
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Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)
Date:
1675–1699
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May salvation be near, and we be cleansed of great sin. Amen.
I, the undersigned, have witnessed the bad custom practiced among young men on the days of Purim, that in the synagogue during the…
Contributor:
Moses Bili ben Judah, The Jewish Community of Crete
Places:
Crete, Republic of Venice (Crete, Greece)
Date:
1545