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Embroidery from Jerusalem, 1840-1850. It illustrates a verse from Psalm 137: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept as we thought of Zion. There, on the poplars, we hung up our lyres." Wool embroidered on perforated paper, 60 x 46,5 cm
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Embroidery from Jerusalem, 1840-1850. It illustrates a verse from Psalm 137:...

Sampler, a collection of stitches. From Holland or Germany, 1817. The sampler was embroidered by a child, Zirle, with Hebrew and Latin letters. Undyed linen, embroidered with silk, 35,5 x 21 cm
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Sampler, a collection of stitches. From Holland or Germany, 1817. The sa...

Sampler, a collection of stitches. From the USA. Mainly using cross stitch, the maker, Bek Berta, used both Latin and Hebrew script. Undyed cotton embroidered on double mesh canvas, 58 x 42 cm
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Sampler, a collection of stitches. From the USA. Mainly using cross stitc...

Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is cleaned and decorated before being given to the synagogue for use as a Torah binder. From Alsace, 1924. Painted, undyed cotton, 325 x 20,5 cm
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Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is clean...

Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is cleaned and decorated before being given to the synagogue as a torah binder. From the USA, 1929. Decorated with symbols typical of life in the US. Cotton,painted, 120 x 21,5 cm
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Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is...

Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal after the synagogue service. It depicts the western wall of Jerusalem, encircled by the graves of Jewish sages, prophets and kings. From Jerusalem. Silk and cotton, 120 x 115 cm
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Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal...

Spice box (Besonim box) used in the Havdalah, the separation ceremony which divides the Sabbath from weekdays. It is filled with a variety of spices. From Poland Carved wood, 5.7 x 5.7 x 30.5 cm
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Spice box (Besonim box) used in the Havdalah, the separation ceremony whic...

Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the sabbath dinner, the festive meal after the synagogue service. Inscription: "and he said to me, this is the table that is before the Eternal". From Persia, embroidered with patchwork border. 88 cm in diameter.
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Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the sabbath dinner, the festive meal...

Dreidels, spinning tops, are used in a traditional game at Chanukkah, the Feast of Dediaction, commemo- rating the rededication of the Temple after the victory of Judah Maccabee over the Seleucids. From Syria and Holland. Carved wood, 2 - 3 cms
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Dreidels, spinning tops, are used in a traditional game at Chanukkah, the F...

Embroidered wallhanging for Purim, the Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of Persian Jews as related in the biblical book of Esther. Bottom register: Haman, enemy of the Jews, and his ten sons die on the gallows. Jerusalem,wool and silk,perforated paper, 67 x 53 cm
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Embroidered wallhanging for Purim, the Jewish holiday commemorating the salvat...

Grogger, a Purim-rattle with which noise is made in the synagogue during the reading of the Book Esther (Megillat Esther), whenever the name of Haman is mentioned. On this rattle from Poland, the heads are labelled Haman and Hitler. 1933. Wood, 16,5 x 8 cm
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Grogger, a Purim-rattle with which noise is made in the synagogue during...

Seder towel,for use after the ritual washing of hands during the Seder dinner. The towel belonged to the Dreyfus family and shows Adam and Eve in Paradise. From Alsace, France, 1829. Drawing and watercolour on linen with fringe of open weave, 141 x 14,5 cm
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Seder towel,for use after the ritual washing of hands during the Seder dinner....