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The Vittorio Veneto Synagogue, in a town near Venice, was constructed on the second and third floors of a modest house. Elements of the Italian Baroque style are visible in the interior, especially in…
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Serravalle, Republic of Venice (Vittorio Veneto, Italy)
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Mid–17th Century
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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1655
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1719
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The great work called Mishneh Torah by the rabbi, our master, Moses ben Maimon of blessed memory, comprises fourteen books.
Were it not that the Lord was with us (Psalms 124:1), the Torah might have…
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Daniel Bomberg, Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1509
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Daniel Bomberg
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1520/3
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This woodcut is an illustration in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It…
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1600/1
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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ca. 1500
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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17th Century
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The Scuola Grande Tedesca is the oldest of five synagogues in the Venetian ghetto and was built in 1528 by the local Ashkenazic community. Although only its five windows are visible from the street…
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1528 and 1672
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Founded in 1548, the Italian Synagogue of Padua was moved to its current location by 1603. It was renovated in the nineteenth century and restored again after World War II, when the Scuola Grande…
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1548