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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...

Passover plate and matzah perforator. Passover and the Seder-dinner celebrate the exodus from Egypt and freedom from slavery. Only matzah, unleavened bread, may be eating during Passover-week. From Poland. Faience, 32 cm diameter
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Passover plate and matzah perforator. Passover and the Seder-dinner celebrate t...

Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean against. Lions rampant, the spies and the cluster of grapes, stags and a double- headed eagle. From Germany. Embroidered linen, 75 x 75 cm
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Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean...

Passover Haggadah, a book with the story recited at the Seder dinner, the family celebration of the Exodus from Egypt. Page shows Jacob riding to Egypt in the chariot Joseph sent for him. From Altona, Germany,1766. Parchment, ink, watercolour. 40 leaves, 28,5 x 16 cm
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Passover Haggadah, a book with the story recited at the Seder dinner, the family...

Ark (Torah shrine) doors from the Butzian synagogue in Cracow, Poland. "Be strong as a leopard, light as an eagle, fleet as a deer and strong as a lion to do the will of thy father," is inscribed over the doors. Carved and painted wood, 130 x 96 cm
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Ark (Torah shrine) doors from the Butzian synagogue in Cracow, Poland. "Be s...

Prayer book for a Chazzan, a rare example of an illustrated prayer book, opened on a page with a prayer for the welfare of all involved in the life of the synagogue and the community. From Poland, 16th or 17th. Vellum, 21,5 x 18,5 cm
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Prayer book for a Chazzan, a rare example of an illustrated prayer book,...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage is decorated with a traditional Persian symbol,the half-moon rising over lions. From Persia. Watercolour on paper, 95 x 68 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage is...

Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,and of the angel halting the sacrifice.The inscription asks to remember the "akedah",the binding of Isaac" on the high holidays.Painting by Moshe Mizrachi,a Persian jew who came to Palestine in 1880.
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Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,and of the angel h...

Ark (Torah shrine) doors from the Butzian synagogue in Cracow, Poland. "Be strong as a leopard, light as an eagle, fleet as a deer and strong as a lion to do the will of thy father," is inscribed over the doors. Detail of 30-05-05/60.Painted wood, 130 x 96 cm.
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Ark (Torah shrine) doors from the Butzian synagogue in Cracow, Poland. "Be s...