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The people recite teḥinot [supplications] during the morning prayers on the eve of the Tishah be-Av (Ninth of Av). They then dine before entering into the synagogue for the…
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Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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27. On the eve of the Sabbath they light the oven in the home of the beadle, where they bake cakes and roast what is required for the Sabbath. They also boil the pots for the needs of…
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Yuspa Shamash
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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17th Century
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Johann Adam Boller
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1706
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This Purim tray from the seventeenth century was made in Hamburg, Germany. A fine repoussé piece, its center is adorned with a court scene, complete with a ruler sitting on a raised throne, surrounded…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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17th Century
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Matheus Staedlein
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
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1716–1735
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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Johann Valentin Schüler
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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Late 17th Century
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At the beginning of Purim, after evening prayer near the time when it gets dark, the charity warden brings with him an assortment of candles that are painted and nice looking, and he…
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Yuspa Shamash, Yuspa Shamash
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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17th Century
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1574
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985. The ancient custom of kaparot [having a chicken slaughtered after symbolically transferring one’s sins to it] is well known; I will only write that my custom is also to say, based on the Maharal…
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Joseph Yuspa Hahn Nordlingen
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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17th Century