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Print of four scenes in quadrants with German headings on each: top left is sick man in bed, top right is sick man in bed surrounded by people with candles and books, bottom left is sick man lying on the floor, and bottom right is procession through city walls.

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Juedisches Ceremonial (Jewish Ceremony): Death and Mourning

Paul Christian Kirchner

1724

Silver cup with Hebrew inscription.

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Burial Society Cup

Johann Conrad Weiss

1711/1712

Tombstone of decorative foliage surrounding Hebrew inscription.

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Tombstone (Padua)

1565

Gravestones in rows.

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Cemetery (Altona)

17th and 18th Centuries

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Tombstone Inscriptions (Istanbul)

1642–1704

Tombstone with Hebrew text.

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Tombstone of son of Ephraim Cohen

1702

Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.

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Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)

1728

Print of multi-leveled platform with couples standing on each tier, with Hebrew text and many gravestones and figures beneath the platform, and two trees above the platform with scenes of many figures inside.

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Book of Prayers for the Gravediggers Society

1740

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Lament on the Ukrainian Massacre

Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi

1648

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Ve-lo ‘od ela’ (Moreover): On the Earthquake in Smyrna

Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari

ca. 1688

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Poem on the Pestilence of 1713

Moses Eisenstadt

1713

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Her bitter soul is anguished: For Tishah be-Av

Netanel Crescas

First Half of the 17th Century