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This tombstone of a Torah scholar from Sieniawa, Poland includes motifs and symbols often found on Jewish tombstones in Poland, such as a crown and palm trees. Other common symbols on Jewish…
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Artist Unknown
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Sieniawa, Austrian Empire (Sieniawa, Poland)
Date:
1855
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Paper cuts have been a tradition of Jewish folk art, with the earliest record of one dating to the fourteenth century. Given the widespread availability of paper in Europe by the mid-nineteenth…
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Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
Places:
Bielsk, Russian Empire (Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
Date:
1862
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It is a work that contains two hundred precious and wondrous stories, full of ethical [edification] and [inspiring] fear of the Lord, sweeter than honey, bringing joy to oppressed hearts and souls…
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Yitsḥak Dov Ber ben Tsvi Hirsh
Places:
Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
Date:
1900
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Once upon a time the tsadik Rebbe Levi Yitsḥak of Berditshev was in the city of Polonnoye, and an acquaintance approached him. He [the acquaintance] was an extremely poor man, with three sons and two…
Contributor:
Aaron Zeilingold
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1911
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The sultan thought for a moment and said, “I know, Jew, that your heart is not devoid of intelligence. After all, you want to live a long life in your household with your children. So, do not…
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Avraham S. Friedberg
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1893