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This pitcher from Nuremberg, Germany, was made around 1650. Cast in silver, the repoussé piece is finely traced and engraved with floral patterns. On its lid sits a shield engraved with a Hebrew…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
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ca. 1650|1732
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This Torah ark curtain from Venice was made by Simḥah, the wife of Menachem Levi Meshuallami, a member of a prominent family in the Venice Ghetto. It is embroidered in silk and silk-metallic thread…
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Wife of Menahem Levi Meshullami Simḥah
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1680/1
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Made in Prague, this Torah ark curtain is exquisitely ornamented with embroidery of silk, silk velvet, and metallic thread. Set against a vivid red background, its borders and central panel are…
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Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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This belled gilt-silver Torah finial topped with a crown was made in Amsterdam and has been attributed to master silversmith Pieter van Hoven, who lived near the Jewish quarter and is best known for…
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Pieter van Hoven
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1717
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Simeon Solomon’s Carrying the Scrolls of Law, like other pre-Raphaelite paintings, explores the themes of spirituality and religious devotion. Solomon also explores the beauty of the young man…
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Simeon Solomon
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1867
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The angel who talked with me came back and woke me as a man is wakened from sleep. He said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl above it. The lamps…
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Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE
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This silver kiddush cup is believed to have belonged to Judah Loew. Known as the Maharal of Prague, Judah Loew ben Bezalel spent twenty years as rabbi in Moravia, moving in 1573 to the Bohemian…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1600
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For opening the heart; tested and tried. Take a new glass and write on it:
I adjure you, Patḥiel, to open my heart to all the Torah to learn all that I desire. That my heart should be as an…
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Unknown
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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17th or 18th Century
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Kabbalists prayed using the basic Jewish prayers, but added certain elements according to their own tradition. The prayers are often presented with kavanot (special devotional forms, meanings, and…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1734
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This Torah ark curtain was donated to a synagogue in Prague by Leib ben Hezekiah Tausk Nagelstock and his wife Reykhl, daughter of Lemel Lichtenstadt. The composition of the curtain is stylized…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1697