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The Klausen Synagogue in Prague gets its name from the kloyz (a complex of buildings used for religious purposes, including synagogues) that originally stood on its site, erected in the 1570s. The…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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17th Century
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1713
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It is known that our teacher and rabbi, the gaon, exemplar of his generation, the rabbi and teacher Judah bar Bezalel, who is known as R. Loew of Prague, of blessed memory, in several places in his…
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Jacob Horowitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1622
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1620
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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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And this, too, must be said, that the main reason for establishing the days of Hanukkah is because they [the Jews] were victorious over the Greeks. However, it did not appear that the victory was…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1600
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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)
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ca. 1600
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Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna
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Polná, Holy Roman Empire
(Polná, Czech Republic)
Date:
1719
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1625