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The dining room of the Hotel Rothschild on Faubourg    
St. Honor‚, Paris.
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The dining room of the Hotel Rothschild on Faubourg St. Honor‚, Paris.

The barrel-vaulted synagogue from Horb, Germany.       
Ceiling and panelling were painted in 1735. The        
synagogue in Horb is the only remaining synagogue      
of hundreds of similar buildings. It survived Nazi-    
destruction in the Bamberg Museum.
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The barrel-vaulted synagogue from Horb, Germany. Ceiling and panelling we...

Painted ceiling of the synagogue of Horb, transferred  
to the Israel Museum after WW II. The ceiling shows    
floral designs and animals; the vault has two lions    
sounding trumpets, and a vision of Jerusalem (left).   
1735
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Painted ceiling of the synagogue of Horb, transferred to the Israel Museum aft...

Sukkah, a room or building in which the Jewish         
Thanksgiving festival is celebrated. This painted      
sukkah is from Fischach, Germany, and depicts daily    
life in the village, interspersed with pictures of     
a visionary Jerusalem.   Early 19th
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Sukkah, a room or building in which the Jewish Thanksgiving festival is...

The baroque synagogue of Vittorio Veneto, Italy;       
transferred to the Israel Museum after WW II.          
The Torah-shrine. Late 18th
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The baroque synagogue of Vittorio Veneto, Italy; transferred to the Israe...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This  
contract of marriage between Leah bat Eliahu and       
Yehezkiel ben Yosef, is decorated with a traditional   
Persian symbol,the half-moon face rising over lions.   
From Isfahan, 1860. Watercolour on paper, 93 x 68 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage bet...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Egypt.       
A half-moon and star, symbols of Islam, appear in      
the middle of the Star of David (Magen David). 1835    
Three sheets, Ink on parchment,                        
54,9 x 38 cm, 36,1 x 22 cm, 33,5 x 22 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Egypt. A half-moon and star, sy...

A Ketubah from Singapore is decorated with heraldic    
lions and fish, a symbol of fertility. 1880            
Parchment, 53 x 44,5 cm
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A Ketubah from Singapore is decorated with heraldic lions and fish, a symbol...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Padua,       
Italy, 1732. Above the two traditional columns and     
the arch is a view of Jerusalem with the Temple Mount. 
Bride and bridegroom are on top, center.               
Tempera and ink on parchment, 98 x 69 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Padua, Italy, 1732. Above the t...

Ketubah (detail of upper half) from Istanbul, 1853     
This Jewish marriage contract was written for the      
bride Kadan ben Nissim Avraham Alcolambri and the      
groom Shabtai Chayyim ben Yosef Chayyim. Ink,          
watercolour and powdered gold on paper,108,4 x 73,3 cm
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Ketubah (detail of upper half) from Istanbul, 1853 This Jewish marriage con...

Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of    
a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or       
orientation for prayer, i.e. facing east towards       
Jerusalem. From Poland. Symmetrical paper cutout       
with ink and tempera, 43 x 34 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to i...

Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls       
of a home to indicate the direction of prayer, facing  
east towards Jerusalem. From Southern Germany. The     
inscription "East" is surrounded by illustrations of   
holiday observances. Watercolour on paper, 34,5 x 23 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home to indicate th...