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The Jewish Community of Prague
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1702
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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
Contributor:
Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire
(Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, Judah Leib Kirchheim
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1631
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The Pinkas Synagogue is the second-oldest extant synagogue in Prague. It is believed that a synagogue was found in that location as early as 1492. The structure now housing the synagogue was built by…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1625
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Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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This Torah mantle was made in Vienna in the eighteenth century. It is embroidered with silk and metallic thread, metallic ribbon, and has metallic fringes. Set against a red background, this mantle’s…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1722/3
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[ . . . ] 5. When one wishes to go to the synagogue, he should say, “I will go to the synagogue for the sake of the unification of the presence of the Holy One and to raise it from its fall,” as…
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Joseph Yuspa Hahn Nordlingen
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
17th Century
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Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire
(Bechhofen, Germany)
Date:
1684
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Contributor:
Paul Christian Kirchner
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724