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Unknown
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Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
(Aleppo, Syria)
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ca. 1710
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This Hanukkah Lamp from Poland is made from brass and would likely have been placed near the Torah ark in a synagogue. An engraved and cast eagle sits above a domed cupola, representing gratitude and…
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17th Century
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18th Century|1728
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One may not behave frivolously in synagogues and study houses, including exhibiting such behaviors as laughter, teasing, and idle conversation. One may not eat or drink in them, nor may one…
Contributor:
Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1563
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A copy of the letter from the perfect sage R. Samuel Norzi, of blessed memory, in which he seeks to permit, as per his opinion, the singers [in the synagogue] to…
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Samuel Isaac Norzi, Abraham Graziano
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Senigallia, Papal States
(Senigallia, Italy)
Date:
1645
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A.Z.
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Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire
(Corfu, Greece)
Date:
1675–1699
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Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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This lacquered, cylindrical case for a Torah scroll was made from a combination of wood, bronze, and iron in Kaifeng, China. (The hard-sided Torah case was a Sephardic tradition. It offered more…
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Artist Unknown
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Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty
(Kaifeng, China)
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17th or 18th Century
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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18th Century
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William Spackman
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1719