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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
Places:
Praha, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1780
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Contributor:
Johann Conrad Weiss
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1711/1712
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Lord God, You are very merciful
So incline Your ears toward us
And Remove Your Anger from us
For the Great sins that we have. Father, King
committed
Day and night we will pray to God
To accept…
Contributor:
Toybe Pan
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1680
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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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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…
Contributor:
Ezekiel Landau
Places:
Prag, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1780
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Johannes Alexander Böner
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
Date:
1705
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Neḥama wife of Shalom Uri
Buried on Sunday, the 11th of Tevet 5337
This stone is a witness between us:
That death has climbed up into our window:
And eclipsed the…
Contributor:
Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
16th and 17th Centuries
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1740
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In the year 5473 [1713] since the creation of, the world, from the moment it began the plague fell upon us because of our many sins. In the community we still had no one ill nor bad air in the country…
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Moses Eisenstadt
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1713