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Illustrations from Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs)
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These woodcuts appeared in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It was the…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1600/1

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Passover, Music, Food and drink

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Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Woodcut illustration of six standing figures, three of whom are wearing masks and holding instruments, with Yiddish text above and below.
Top: Searching for Hametz; Bottom: Passover Seder Among Sephardic Jews
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1725

Subjects:

Holidays, Passover, Food and drink, Family, Sephardic

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Print depicting two scenes with French text under frames: top shows women and girls in kitchen looking through cupboards and cleaning the table. Bottom shows eight individuals around a dining table in ornate room with lit fire in fireplace.
And This Is How You Shall Eat It (Exodus 12:11)
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Translated by Avery Robinson.

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Wissotzky’s Russian Tea

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Art, Food and drink, Holidays, Passover, Advertisements

Categories:

Advertisements, Cartooning & graphic art
Printed image of men and women seated at a table drinking tea, with Hebrew text above and Yiddish text below them.