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Hebrew manuscript illustration underwent a revival in eighteenth-century Germany and Central Europe. As wealthy Jews began to commission such manuscripts, a school of scribes and artists emerged. This…
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Aryeh Judah Leib of Trebitsch
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1713
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Likute Yosef (The Compilation of Joseph), a commentary on prayers, is an important source of information about the Jewish religious culture of Worms, Germany, one of the oldest and most important…
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Yuspa Shamash
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
17th Century
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In this table, giving the notation for chanting the Torah, the musical notes indicate the melody of each cantillation mark, while the Hebrew words below them indicate the name and shape of the mark.
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Unknown
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ca. 1611
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The people recite teḥinot [supplications] during the morning prayers on the eve of the Tishah be-Av (Ninth of Av). They then dine before entering into the synagogue for the…
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Judah Leib Kirchheim
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
Contributor:
Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire (Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, Judah Leib Kirchheim
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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Lord God, You are very merciful
So incline Your ears toward us
And Remove Your Anger from us
For the Great sins that we have. Father, King
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Day and night we will pray to God
To accept…
Contributor:
Toybe Pan
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1680
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Every day they took from us whatever their hearts desired. They said to us, “We are needed to protect you from the mob.” We had no choice but to believe them. We had to take being cheated. They…
Contributor:
Elhanan Helen
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1616
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This illustration depicting Rosh Hashanah services in a synagogue appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert to Christianity…
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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27. On the eve of the Sabbath they light the oven in the home of the beadle, where they bake cakes and roast what is required for the Sabbath. They also boil the pots for the needs of…
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Yuspa Shamash
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
17th Century