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Manuscript page with Hebrew text surrounded by illustrations of lions and man with sword at top, rulers on either side of text in the middle, and people seated at dining table at bottom of page.

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Haggadah (Polna)

Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna

1719

Page of printed Hebrew text surrounded by arches and decorative flowers and foliage, and town scenes in bottom register.

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Esther Scroll (Venice)

Aryeh Leyb ben Daniel | Francesco Griselini

1746

Rectangular cloth, folded in two places, with Hebrew text embroidered on bottom half of cloth and floral border on top half.

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Torah Binder (Italy)

Honorata Foa

1582/3

Engraved shield of flowers, grapes, and other decorative elements around rectangular Hebrew inscription.

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Torah Shield (Metz)

17th–18th Century

Silver shield of decorative border with Hebrew text in center.

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Torah Shield (Vidin)

1658

Pair of finials with crowns of bells on branches.

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Torah Finials (Amsterdam)

Pieter van Hoven

17th or 18th Century

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Hanukkah Lamp (France)

17th Century

Finial with Hebrew inscription on its base, bells, and crown on top.

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Torah Finial (Amsterdam)

Pieter van Hoven

1717

Print depicting two scenes with French text under frames: top shows men in prayer shawls sitting while one man on central platform sounds a ram's horn. Bottom image shows men in prayer shawls sitting and standing in room with several lit candles.

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The High Holidays

Bernard Picart

1725

Print of several tabernacles with people inside in the foreground and a bonfire in the background.

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Sukkot

Paul Christian Kirchner

1724

Oil lamp with row of eight cups at the bottom carved with Hebrew inscription and animal heads, and sides resembling buildings.

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Hanukkah Lamp (Germany)

1574

Pair of silver tower-shaped finials with crowns constructed like multitiered towers of arched cutouts decorated with bells.

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Torah Finials (Amsterdam)

1650–1700