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[ . . . ] Let us return to my maternal grandmother, Matte, of blessed memory. After she married off my late aunt Ulk, she was left penniless with the fatherless child my mother, may she live…
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Glikl bas Leyb Hamel
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
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ca. 1719
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Again, I caution you: when you go to some feast in celebration of the performance of a mitzvah, do not focus only on eating and drinking. Rather, you should first ask some sort of praiseworthy…
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Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1660
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1748
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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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[The lessons a mother should give her son]: My son, you should know that before your body looked the way it does now, it was nothing. You were formed in my belly from the drops of fertility that came…
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David Attias
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Livorno, Holy Roman Empire (Livorno, Italy)
Date:
1778
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ca. 1770
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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
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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On June 7, 1690, Samuel de Isaac Senior Teixeira married Rachel Senior de Mattos in Hamburg. Their beautiful ketubah (marriage contract) depicts the couple under the wedding canopy, accompanied by…
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Artist Unknown
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
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1690
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Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
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Artist Unknown
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Praha, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1780
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
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1705