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Object with hook and Hebrew imprinted along decorative handle.

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Torah Pointer from Poland

Noah Joel Feivish

1728

Limestone triple-recessed door frame with row of protruding roof beams.

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Model Shrine from Tirzah

Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE

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The Little Man; or, Portrait of a Life

Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)

1864–1865

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Ketav yosher (Epistle of Justice)

Saul Berlin

1784

Mural of two figures looking at each other under hieroglyphs.

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Fringes

Biblical Period

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Shoshan yesod ha-‘olam (Lily of the Foundation of the World)

Joseph Tirshom

ca. 1550

Ceramic offering stand with four rows of windows and small protruding feet with five toes on the bottom row of windows.

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Ceramic Offering Stand from Ai

Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE

Ceramic offering stand with flat top and four layers of decoration: bottom layer of nude female with raised arms flanked by lions, second layer of two winged figures, third layer of goats eating leaves off tree, and fourth layer of four-legged animal with winged sun disk and palm fronds.

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Ceramic Offering Stand from Taanach

Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE

Ceramic chalice with tall, hollow stand and bowl in a separate piece on top and secured to bottom of chalice with a rod.

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Ceramic Chalice from Arad

Iron Age IIA (?)–IIB, 9th (?)–8th Century BCE

Ceramic oil lamp with seven spouts on a pedestal.

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Seven-spouted Ceramic Oil Lamp

Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE

Shield with Hebrew text, gold columns, griffins, and crown on top.

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Torah Shield

Ze’ev ben Abraham [?]

1766

Page of Hebrew and Italian text framed by floral motifs and three women at the top: one with drawing tool and Zodiac symbols, one with two babies, and one holding sword.

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Wedding Riddle

ca. 1770