Purim Story
Moshe Mizrachi
1902
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Collection of William Gross.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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Creator Bio
Moshe Mizrachi
ca. 1870–1940
Born in Tehran, Moshe ben Yitsḥak Mizrachi immigrated to Jerusalem around 1890. Working in multiple media, including lithography, drawing, and verre églomisé, Mizrachi set up a workshop producing ritual and utilitarian art. His most notable pieces are shiviti plaques (decorative plaques bearing the verse “I am ever mindful of the Lord’s presence,” from Psalm 16:8) and mizraḥim, plaques used, often in synagogues, to mark the direction toward Jerusalem.
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