Jewish Betrothal Ceremony
Credits
Paul Christian Kirchner, “Die Ehe–Verlöbnuß,” from Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Nürnberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1724), p. 173. Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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