The eighteenth-century scribe and illustrator Uri Fayvesh ben Isaac Segal was a significant member of the Hamburg-Altona school of illustrated manuscript production. Six other manuscripts signed by Uri Fayvesh ben Isaac Segal are known, and five further unsigned manuscripts are attributed to him.
Thus said Hananiah Eliyakim, son of our honorable teacher, R. Asael Refael (may the memory of the righteous be for a blessing) Rieti, from the city of Siena:
Will not God seek this out (Psalms 44:22…
Images from the children’s book Van twee Joodsche vragertjes (From Two Jewish Questioners). The illustration shows young Jacob examining his new tzitzit, a ritual undergarment.
Blessed are you, Bar Yohai,
you were anointed
by your brethren with the oil of joy:
Bar Yohai,
with the oil of a sacred share
you were anointed through holy measure,
sanctity’s bud you wore…