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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 Alsace, France. mid-ninteenth. Watercolour on paper in wooden frame, 42 x 34,5 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue t...

Mizrach ("East"),a decoration hung on the walls of a home to indicate the orientation of prayer facing east towards Jerusalem. Two Lions of Judah rear atop the traditional columns which stood before the Temple of Solomon. From Alsace. Watercolour on paper,42 x 25 cm
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Mizrach ("East"),a decoration hung on the walls of a home to indicate the ori...

Sukkah decoration: a man in period costume carries lulav and etrog (a palm branch and lemon) to the synagogue to celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. From Buschwiller, France. Watercolour on paper, 45 x 28 cm
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Sukkah decoration: a man in period costume carries lulav and etrog (a palm...

Plate for the ceremony of Eruv Chatzerot. Each year before Passover, a matzah is placed in this plate and hung in the synagogue above the worshippers. From Jungholz, Germany, 1770. Carved and painted wood, 43 cm diameter.
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Plate for the ceremony of Eruv Chatzerot. Each year before Passover, a matza...