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It is customary for Jews to ritually wash their hands before eating bread. This ewer and basin, from Turkey, were used by the Benguiat family, a large and prominent Sephardic family in the Ottoman…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1845
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This silver-gilt cup is decorated with representations of the biblical patriarch Jacob’s twelve sons, each standing in his own separate archway with his Hebrew name inscribed underneath. This cup was…
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Elkana Schatz Naumberg
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Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire (Kriegshaber, Germany)
Date:
1724
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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 amulet was presented by members of the Jewish community of Prague to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. At its center sits a seven-branched menorah surrounded by a prayer on Rudolf’s behalf…
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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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This micrographic drawing designed for a sukkah decoration is the best-known artwork of Israel David Luzzatto. Micrography, a form of drawing originally created by scribes, in which lines of miniature…
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Israel David Luzzatto
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Trieste, Habsburg Empire (Trieste, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1775
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These two Torah pointers (yadayim) are from Galicia, one made of ivory and brass and the other of wood. Yadayim (hands) are used during public reading of the Torah, so that the reader may avoid…
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Late 19th–Early 20th Century
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These gilt-silver Torah finials were made in Amsterdam by master silversmith Pieter van Hoven, who lived near the Jewish quarter and is best known for the Jewish ceremonial objects he crafted. Cast…
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Pieter van Hoven
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1696
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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1655
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This Torah shield contains a rare example of a personal inscription by the silversmith, stating: “This is the work of my hands in which I take pride, Ze’ev ben Abraham [?], silversmith from Piotrków…
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Ze’ev ben Abraham [?]
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Piotrków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland)
Date:
1766
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This wedding riddle from Italy is written in Hebrew and Judeo-Italian. Wedding songs, sometimes performed by professional jesters, were traditional at Jewish weddings. Some had lyrics in the form of…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1770