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Torah finials are a pair of ornaments used to decorate the upper ends of the rollers on which the Torah scroll is wound. The Hebrew term rimonim, which means “pomegranates,” references the…
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Myer Myers
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Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies
(Philadelphia, United States of America)
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1776
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Bucharest, Austrian Empire
(Bucharest, Romania)
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1859
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Mark Antokolski
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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1864
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This paper cut, commemorating the anniversary of a date of death, originates from Galicia.
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Artist Unknown
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(Galicia, Ukraine)
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1867–1880
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Gebrüder Henschel
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1813
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Ludwig Förster
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Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire
(Budapest, Hungary)
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1854–1859
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
Date:
1767
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Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
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Bielsk, Russian Empire
(Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
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1862
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Esther Oppenheim
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(New York City, United States of America)
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1730 and 1818
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This glimpse into an eighteenth-century German Jewish marriage ceremony offers an opportunity to consider how gender roles have changed for this vital ritual.
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Date:
1748