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Sample Sources

The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
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Two finials engraved with designs on the base and minaret-shaped tops with Hebrew text visible through cut-out windows.
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Torah Finials (Morocco)

Inscriptions on the stems of these silver Torah finials indicate that they were made by Joseph Arvatz and Chaim Maman in Morocco, and inscriptions on their rims state that they were owned by Rabbi…
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Print depicting two scenes with French text under frames: top shows men in prayer shawls sitting while one man on central platform sounds a ram's horn. Bottom image shows men in prayer shawls sitting and standing in room with several lit candles.
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The High Holidays

Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…
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Painting of four fish on paper on a table.
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Seven Smoked Fish on a Grinding Slab

Hershberg is considered one of the leading realist painters of our time. He has said that a true artist sees reality as a “continual feast, a never-ending delight to the eyes,” and hopes that his…
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The Destruction of Jerusalem

And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…
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Song for Simkhes Toyre

Our God is one. You are my God:     Hallelujah! Who created me, body and soul:      Hallelujah! You created Heaven and earth:      Hallelujah! We will praise You forever:      Hallelujah! You…
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Giv‘at Shaul (The Hill of Saul)

The Israelites were fertile, wa-yishreṣu wa-yirbu wa-ya‘aṣmu very greatly, so that the land was full with them (Exod. 1:7). “R. Isaac said, Whoever takes pleasure in an optional…
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Or ne‘erav (Pleasant Light)

The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso. It was taught: Rabbi Simeon cried, raised his voice, and said: “Woe.” With these words which are…
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The Current Expenses of Jerusalem

The current expenses of the city of Jerusalem, may it be speedily rebuilt and reestablished in our days, are close to five thousand kuruş per annum. This is not the case for Safed and Hebron. In the…
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Torat Moshe (The Law of Moses)

My heart overflows inside me [see Psalms 45:2]; my heart, my heart moans [see Jeremiah 4:19], racing back and forth [see Ezekiel 1:14]; I am astounded by a voice, a voice that calls to me, saying to…
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