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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 Hurben, Germany, 1821. Symmetrical paper cutout over light blue background. 34 x 30,5 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 or synagogue to indicate the direction of prayer, i.e.facing east towards Jerusalem. Palestine, 1890. Embroidery on cotton canvas, 22 x 17,5 cm
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Mizrach ("East"),a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to ind...

Shiviti, a decorative plaque used in synagogues It contains verses concerning the Law and Torah. From Poland, mid-19th. Paper cutout and watercolour, 55 x 41,5 cm
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Shiviti, a decorative plaque used in synagogues It contains verses conce...

Painting with birds, lions of Judah and the word "Zion" in the Star of David on top. Painted glass on silver foil, 34 x 29 cm Date and origin unknown.
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Painting with birds, lions of Judah and the word "Zion" in the Star of Da...

Painting with the name of god in the center, doves and heraldic lions around a flower vase. Probably the work of artist Moshe Mizrachi, born in Persia, and emigrated to Safed, Israel, about 1890. Watercolour on paper, 37 x 18 cm
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Painting with the name of god in the center, doves and heraldic lions aroun...

Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of homes or synagogues to indicater the direction of prayer, i.e. east towards Jerusalem. From Poland, 1852. Birds, large and small, surround a little house. Embroidery on linen, 42,5 x 40 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of homes or synagogues to i...

Mizrach ("East"),a decoration hung on the walls of a home to indicate the direction of prayer, i.e.east towards Jerusalem. From Central Europe. Two Lions of Judah flank the central inscription "From this direc- tion comes the spirit of life". Paper, 16 x 14 cm
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Mizrach ("East"),a decoration hung on the walls of a home to indicate the dir...

Memento Mori decoration, a reminder of the shortness of life and the importance of spiritual over material pleasures. From Germany or Poland. Two hunters with dogs shoot at two stags. Below, a five-branched menorah Paper cutout, ink and watercolour, 18,9 x 14,5 cm
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Memento Mori decoration, a reminder of the shortness of life and the importan...

Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal after the synagogue service. Leviathan,a biblical beast,surrounds the central cave of Machpelah. Embroidered by Hannah Rivka Hermann of Jerusalem. Wool on cotton net, 81 x 78 cm
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Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal...

Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,beginning in the lower register and ending with the angel halting the sacrifice. The inscription asks to remember "the binding of Isaac" on Rosh Hashanah, the New Year and a day of judgement.Watercolour,55x38
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Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,beginning in the l...

Plate for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The story of the sacrifice of Isaak (Akedah - the binding of Isaac) is read in the synagogue on that day. Brass, 20 cm diameter
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Plate for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The story of the sacrifice of Isaak...

Decoration for a sukkah, a booth erected in the open air and covered with branches, to celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish seven-day Feast of Tabernacles. From the Ukraine, 1858. Symmetrical paper cutout, 41 x 33,5 cm
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Decoration for a sukkah, a booth erected in the open air and covered with bra...