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The Isaac (or Izaak) Synagogue in Kraków was built in 1638–1644. Named after its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz (d. 1673), also known as Isaac the Rich, the synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during World…
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1638–1645
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“That which is well known needs no proof,” and the root cause is the skilled operating of the printing shop in the holy community of Żółkiew [Zhovkva], may the Rock preserve it, which was established…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)
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1699
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Polonne, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polonne, Ukraine)
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1728
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Central Europe)
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18th Century
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This remarkable manuscript of practical kabbalah was written in Eastern Europe in the mid-eighteenth century; at the end of that century it was owned by the Radvil Hasidic dynasty. In contrast to…
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ca. 1740
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)
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1642
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Anshel of Kraków, Szmuel, Aszer, and Eljakim Helicz
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1534
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The kapporet is a short curtain, a valance, hung over the curtain of the Torah ark, and first began to appear in Eastern Europe in the late seventeenth century. The griffins and crowns that appear on…
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Zawichost, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Zawichost, Poland)
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1700
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502. Since our eyes have seen the great neglect of Torah among schoolchildren, caused by [not] printing of folios of the Gemara [with Rashi’s commentary], because the…
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Moses Belmonte, The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
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1655, 1667, 1679
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This foldout calendar is a beautifully illuminated feature that appears in a sefer ‘evronot. Works of this genre were Jewish calendar handbooks for calculating the dates of religious holidays and…
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)
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1552