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On June 7, 1690, Samuel de Isaac Senior Teixeira married Rachel Senior de Mattos in Hamburg. Their beautiful ketubah (marriage contract) depicts the couple under the wedding canopy, accompanied by…
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
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1690
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This Torah binder, made for boys at birth and later brought by young men as a symbol of participation in the synagogue, illustrates the fixed nature of traditional gender expectations.
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Koppel ben Moses Heller
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Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (Munich, Germany)
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1814
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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
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1724
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Groningen, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Groningen, Netherlands)
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1794
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Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger
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Amsterdam, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1820
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David Yakerson
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Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)
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1918
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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
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1724
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This richly decorated Torah binder is thought to be from Rechnitz, based on its dedication as a gift from Gitl bat Samuel for Samuel ben Leib of Rechnitz in 1750. The Torah binder (also known as a…
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Rechnitz, Habsburg Empire (Rechnitz, Austria)
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1750
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Sieniawa, Austrian Empire (Sieniawa, Poland)
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1855
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Jacob Teixeira was born in Amsterdam in 1724 to Judith Nunes Henriques (b. Amsterdam, 1703–1732) and Joseph Teixeira (b. London, 1699–1775), who descended from the wealthy Portuguese Teixeira family…
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1748