Akedah Story
The caption on the top image reads: The binding of Isaac [is] today; remember his seed with mercy. The top labels, right to left: Abraham; Isaac; angel; fire; ram. The caption in the middle picture reads, right to left: Stay here with the donkey (Genesis 22:5). The labels read, right to left: two young men; Isaac; Abraham. The caption on the bottom picture reads: Eliezer, Abraham’s servant, took ten of his master’s camels to bring to Rebecca, and he said to Rebecca, let me drink some water from your pitcher, by the well of water.
Credits
Moshe Mizrachi, Folk Depiction of Akedah Story (Jerusalem: Monsohn, 1913). Courtesy Gross Family Trust Collection.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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