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The Great Synagogue of Slonim was one of the prominent synagogues of the region, a testament to the prosperity and status of the town’s Jewish community. Today, it is the best-preserved synagogue in…
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Slonim, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Slonim, Belarus)
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1635–1642
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(Lviv, Ukraine)
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1642
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These two lecterns are from Jablonów in the southern part of eastern Galicia and may have graced the town’s wooden synagogue, which was built as early as 1674. Carved from wood, and standing on two…
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Artist Unknown
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Jabłonów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Yablonov, Ukraine)
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17th or 18th Century
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1. When the leaders of the people assembled together, the heads of the holy community of Ludmir (Włodzimierz), in conjunction with all…
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The Assembly of Ludmir
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Ludmir, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Włodzimierz, Poland)
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1602
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King Solomon, peace be upon him, says in…
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Rebecca Tiktiner
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
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Second Half of the 16th Century
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Every woman is obligated to kindle lights on the eve of each Sabbath and Festival and this is a great mitzvah. And she makes the blessing, “Blessed are You God, our Lord, King of the universe. Who…
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Nicolas de Nicolay, Benjamin Slonik
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
Date:
1577
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And so it was in the days of the Judge of judges; and so it was, a famine in the land. And a man went out from Bethlehem in Judah to live in the field of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. (Ruth…
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David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin
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16th Century
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To cause a blessing to rest within your house, by virtue of your deeds in this world throughout your life; to include [a blessing in] the world to come, as indicated by the length of your days…
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Abraham ha-Levi Segal
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Rzeszow, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Rzeszow, Poland)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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[Text:] § 22 The Midrash says: “For the sake of four things were our…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
Date:
1590
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Solomon of yore said in his wisdom, “More than these, my son, beware of making many books without limit” (Ecclesiastes 12:12). Our rabbis interpreted this in Tractate Eruvin that it teaches the…
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Willem Surenhuys, Solomon Luria
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16th Century