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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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Artist Unknown
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1690
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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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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
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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1705
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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1749
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Artist Unknown
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Bingen, Holy Roman Empire
(Bingen, Germany)
Date:
1700
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This exquisite jewelry box was crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, before 1540 and given to a bride for her wedding. Etched in steel, copper plated, and partly gilt, the panels, on four sides and the lid…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Nuremburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
Before 1540
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Johannes Alexander Böner
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1705