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Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
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Artist Unknown
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Praha, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1780
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Johann Conrad Weiss
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1711/1712
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So since we are in the midst of writing a song,
We will write also about the destruction of the holy community of Kremzir,
Even though this happened five years before,
In the year 1643, on the 9th of…
Contributor:
Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi
Places:
Kremzir, Holy Roman Empire
(Kroměříž, Czech Republic)
Date:
1648
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This beaker was used by the members of a burial society in Prague at their annual banquet, held on the day traditionally designated as the anniversary of Moses’ death. The painted scene depicts a…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1713
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[The lessons a mother should give her son]: My son, you should know that before your body looked the way it does now, it was nothing. You were formed in my belly from the drops of fertility that came…
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David Attias
Places:
Livorno, Holy Roman Empire
(Livorno, Italy)
Date:
1778
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Today is the eighth day since the evil tidings came that the crown has fallen from our head (Lam. 5:16). It was my obligation to see that we should immediately have arranged a great memorial service…
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Ezekiel Landau
Places:
Prag, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1780
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1748
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In the year five thousand three hundred twenty-four [1564] of the Creation of the World, when we are returned to the houses of our fathers from the four corners of the world. After the expulsion in…
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Ḥevra Kadisha of Prague
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
16th Century
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The gravestone of Judah Loew (1520–1609; known as the Maharal) and his wife, Pearl (1528–1610), is located in the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Jewish quarter in Prague. A prominent scholar and kabbalist…
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1609 and 1640