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Mordechai Meisel (1528–1601) was a court Jew, merchant, philanthropist and builder in Prague. Meisel became a member of the Prague Jewish Communal Council in 1576 and later served as its head. This is…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1601
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Tombstone of Hendl bat Eberl Geronim, wife of the Court Jew Jacob Bassevi von Treuenberg (1570–1634), in the Jewish cemetery in Prague. The Hebrew date on the top part of the stone indicates that she…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1628
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This intricately decorated textile, possibly used as a Torah cover, was produced in Prague around 1600. Four squares adorn its center, the top two containing vases ringed by flowers and vines and the…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1600
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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
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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According to the colophon, the scribe in Prague who produced the Klausen Book of Psalms, Shabbetai Sheftel ben Zalman Auerbach (d. 1738), was descended from a family expelled from Vienna in 1669/70…
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Shabbetai Sheftel Auerbach
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1706
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The physician and surgeon Issachar Baer Teller received his medical training by studying and practicing with other physicians in Prague. He completed his studies under the guidance of Joseph Solomon…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1637
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In Ashkenazic communities, circumcision benches with two seats were sometimes used from the nineteenth century on, one for the sandek, the godfather on whose lap the baby boy is circumcised, and one…
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Artist Unknown
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Eidlitz, Holy Roman Empire (Údlice, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1805