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The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. Speak to the…
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In the wilderness, the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the…
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Prepare the feast
of perfect faith,
the delight of the Holy King.
Prepare the feast of the King.
This is the feast
of the Ancient Eminence;
the Lesser Presence and Field of Apples
assemble…
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Isaac Luria
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Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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ca. 1565
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1600
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1579/1580
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In the name of God, in Pisa, the nineteenth of Shevat in the year 5373, February 2, 1613
Whereas the members of the mahamad [board of governors] and those accompanying them, including Ḥakham Azaria…
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The Jewish Community of Pisa
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Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Pisa, Italy)
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1613
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This is a short compendium of the sheḥitot [rules for kosher slaughter] taken from Rabbenu Moshe [Maimonides] and Rabbenu Ya‘akob [Jacob ben Asher], without any errors about what is required, and with…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1510
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Joachim Michael Salecker
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1723
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This ritual spice container is thought to have been made in Frankfurt am Main. It is decorated to represent a four-story tower with brick walls. At its top, two short spires flank a central, taller…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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ca. 1550
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This enameled glass beaker, belonging to the Polin Burial Society in Bohemia, is a fine example of the melding of Jewish and Bohemian art forms. It features painted figures carrying a body toward a…
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Artist Unknown
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Poleň (Polin), Holy Roman Empire (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1691