Torah Scroll from Kaifeng

Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.

Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)

This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…

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Set of objects: a box lined with velvet, a small box with lid next to it, and two small shields.

Circumcision Set

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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Manuscript page of circle with Hebrew text inside and two triangles and two squares on its perimeter.

Astrological Calendar from Kabbalistic Manuscript

This astrological calendar contains a zodiac rota, divided into twelve astrological signs. The rota was one of the authoritative schemata that kabbalists used to map the structure of the sefirot, the…

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Torah Scroll from Kaifeng

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