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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)
Date:
18th Century
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William Spackman
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
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1719
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Question: I was asked by the leaders of the holy congregation of Prostějov: A small piece of paper on which was drawn the image of a menorah, with the verses beginning “May God be gracious to us” from…
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Menaḥem Mendl Krochmal
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Nikolsburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Mikulov, Czech Republic)
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Before 1661
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Question: A woman pledged, when she lay ill, to give her disukia, which is embroidered with gilt silver thread, to be made into a ceremonial object for the synagogue. The disukia is what is called in…
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Yair Ḥayim Bacharach
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
Date:
1699
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This omer calendar, marking the days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, is still used at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. The letters stand for H=Homer (Ladino for Omer); S…
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
18th century
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
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1642
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17th Century
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1697
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Pieter van Hoven
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17th or 18th Century