The High Holidays
Credits
Bernard Picart, Blazen van de ramshoorn op joods nieuwjaar / Viering van Grote Verzoendag. Inwijding van de Portugese Synagoge te Amsterdam, 1675, 1725. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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