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Maḥzor for the Rite of Carpentras
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Carpentras, Papal States (Carpentras, France)

Date:

1540/1

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer & liturgy, Passover, Folklore, Animals

Categories:

Print & book culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text, with some words set apart in rectangular frames, surrounded by border of branches, flowers, and birds, and small illustration of boy and animal with tail in bottom margin.
Die Pinchasgasse
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“What you spend in honor of the holy days, the Lord will richly reward!” says the Talmud, and pious Pinchas granted everything his wife demanded. Clothes for the children and ornaments for herself…

Contributor:

Leopold Weisel

Places:

Prague, Austrian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1847

Subjects:

Holidays, Passover, Piety, Charity, Government, Folklore

Categories:

Folklore