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In Jewish tradition, the end of the Sabbath (or a festival) is marked by the ceremony of Havdalah, which includes the ritual smelling of spices (besomim). Many Jewish cultures approached the box…
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Emanuel Eisler
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ca. 1880
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Hybrid creatures with six wings, Syria, 10th or 9th century BCE. Numerous hybrid creatures, often winged, that combined features of various animals, are known from ancient art. Another example is the…
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Gozan, Kingdom of Aram-Damascus (Tall Ḩalaf, Syria)
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Iron Age II, 10th–9th Century BCE
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Embracing couple in ivory inlay, Ugarit, 14th century BCE. This ivory inlay decorated the royal bed from the court of the kings of Ugarit (Syria). The woman has her left arm around the man and with…
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14th Century BCE
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Kneeling figure praying, Hazor, first half of eighth century BCE. Raised hands are a gesture of prayer. This is on a seal impression stamped on the rim of a krater.
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
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First Half of 8th Century BCE
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To/of the governor of the city.
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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Bronze bowl with musicians, Cyprus, late 9th or early 8th century BCE. The engraved scene shows musicians and dancers. In this bronze bowl, five inches in diameter, three female musicians are playing…
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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Mourning activities, Thebes, Egypt, ca. 1380 BCE. Sitting on the ground and putting dust on the head are expressions of mourning, as in this mural showing a widow with the mummy of her husband…
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ca. 1380 BCE
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The de Pinto family were wealthy merchant bankers who lived in Amsterdam from the seventeenth century on. In the Iberian Peninsula, members of the family converted to Christianity at the end of the…
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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17th Century
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Don Francisco Lopes Suasso (Abraham Israel Suasso, 1657–1710) was born in Amsterdam, the oldest child of wealthy Portuguese Jewish banker Antonio Lopes Suasso. Francisco followed in his father’s…
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Bernard de Jongere Lens
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1717
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By the time this sea pilot’s map of Suriname was created in 1680, there was a well-established Jewish community there. In the 1660s, Jewish communities arose on the Caribbean islands of Martinique…
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Hendrik Doncker
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1688