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Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1723
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But when we live in houses of hewn stone…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Metz, Kingdom of France (Metz, France)
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1744
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Simeon ben Naphtali
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Marckolsheim, Kingdom of France (Marckolsheim, France)
Date:
1662
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Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1722
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1620
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These Torah finials from Cochin, India, were made around 1565. Elegant and simple, made from metal, their surfaces appear to be hammered, with one adorned with a Hebrew inscription. The earliest…
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Artist Unknown
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin (Ernakulam, India)
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ca. 1565
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Reuben spoke in the marketplace with two men, inviting them to come to his house for the purpose of giving them the monies accrued from a business partnership, and they entered his house…
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Yom Tov ben Israel Jacob Algazi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1800
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24 December. Sunday. [ . . . ]
This morning my nephew’s circumcision. A short, bow-legged man, Austerlitz, who already has 2,800 circumcisions behind him, deftly executed the affair. The oper is…
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Franz Kafka
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Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1911
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VII.
The Marshalek.—His Duties.—The Serenade.—At The Bride’s “Main Quarters.”—The Reception at the Groom’s.—The Ritual of Seating of the Bride.—The Marshalek’s Improvisation.
The rituals and…
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Lev Levanda
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1880
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Sadigura, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Sadhora, Ukraine)
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1880