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Ḥavvot Yair (The Villages of Yair): On Ceremonial Objects
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Question: A woman pledged, when she lay ill, to give her disukia, which is embroidered with gilt silver thread, to be made into a ceremonial object for the synagogue. The disukia is what is called in…

Contributor:

Yair Ḥayim Bacharach

Places:

Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Ritual objects, Dress, Synagogue, Holidays, Rabbis, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Scroll of the Book of Esther
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Moses ben Abraham Pescarol’s illuminated scroll of Esther, completed in Ferrara, constitutes one of the oldest examples of an illustrated manuscript of this biblical book, which is chanted on the…

Contributor:

Moses Pescarol

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1618

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Holidays, Purim, Dress, Folklore, Ritual objects

Categories:

Print & book culture, Ritual Objects
Page of Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border with four well-dressed figures on top.
Seven-Branched Candelabrum
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Menorahs with seven arms are traditionally displayed in synagogues as a reminder of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. This brass menorah by Gyula Pap also has seven arms but is strikingly different in…

Contributor:

Gyula Pap

Places:

Weimar, Weimar Republic (Weimar, Germany)

Date:

1922

Subjects:

Holidays, Ritual objects, Jewish identity, Dress

Categories:

Dress & Adornment, Ritual Objects
Seven-branched candelabrum.