Tikun li-kro’ laylah va-yom (A Tikkun to Read Day and Night)

Silver amulet with decorative edges and Hebrew word etched in center.

Amulet to Be Hung over the Crib of a Newborn

The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center of this ornate silver amulet from Italy.

David’s Thanksgiving Prayer for God’s Promise of a Dynasty

Then King David came and sat before the Lord, and he said, “What am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that You have brought me thus far? Yet even this, O Lord God, has seemed too little to You…

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Portrait painting of man seated at desk in front of an open window, facing viewer and holding a book in his lap with his right hand on desk.

Portrait of Benjamin S. Judah

Benjamin S. Judah (1761–1831) was an influential businessman in New York City and Philadelphia who built his wealth on shipping contracts to and from the West Indies. Judah was bankrupted when Great…

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Tikun li-kro’ laylah va-yom (A Tikkun to Read Day and Night)

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