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Before the priestly blessing is recited in the synagogue, those making the blessing ritually wash their hands. It is also customary for Jews to wash their hands before entering a synagogue for worship…
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Artist Unknown
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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ca. 1800
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The scroll (megillah) of Esther is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example, from Baghdad, is hand painted, with an ornate design in which bands of flowers frame the text. It is rolled on a…
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Artist Unknown
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
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ca. 1850
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This Torah ark curtain from Gördes, Turkey, features an archway flanked on either side with double columns and a hanging lamp, a motif common to both Islamic prayer rugs and mats and Ottoman Torah ark…
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Artist Unknown
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Gördes, Ottoman Empire (Gördes, Turkey)
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Late 18th–Early 19th Century
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This Torah curtain was made in Ankara, Turkey. The motifs of a central menorah and hands making the priestly blessing were common in other Ottoman Jewish ritual folk art. Embroidered verses from the…
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Artist Unknown
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Angora, Ottoman Empire (Ankara, Turkey)
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1826
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This remarkable illustration is at the same time a shiviti—traditionally, a decorative plaque bearing the verse: “I am ever mindful of the Lord’s presence”—and a topographic map of the land of Israel…
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Moses Ganbash
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1838–1839
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Paper cuts have been a tradition of Jewish folk art, with the earliest record of one dating to the fourteenth century. Given the widespread availability of paper in Europe by the mid-nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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1858–1859
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The origin of this Torah scroll is in Turkey. It was donated by the Camondo family, one of the most important Jewish families in Istanbul, many of whose members settled in Paris and greatly…
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1860
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These small Torah finials, decorated with silver repoussé and dark- and light-blue enamel, originated in Persia. They are further adorned with slender flowers and graceful geometric patterns.
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18th Century
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It is customary for Jews to ritually wash their hands before eating bread. This ewer and basin, from Turkey, were used by the Benguiat family, a large and prominent Sephardic family in the Ottoman…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1845