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8,471 photos
Purim groggers (rattles), one in the form of a gallows 
with Haman, symbolic arch-enemy of the Jews, hanging   
from it. Resting on a Megillat Esther, the scroll      
with the Book Esther, is a simpler wooden grogger.     
All from Poland, 18th.
#30050525

Purim groggers (rattles), one in the form of a gallows with Haman, symbolic arc...

Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during  
the Purim festival. Queen Esther gives birth to King   
Cyrus, one of the many local additions to the original.
Judeo-Persian epic, written 1322 by a Jewish poet from 
Shiraz. Paper, 164 leaves, 24,5 x 18,5 cm
#30050526

Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Quee...

Queen Esther begs King Ahasver for clemency towards the
Persian Jews. Page from a Megillat Esther, the biblical
Book Esther, read during the Purim festival. Judeo-    
Persian manuscript (Persian written in Hebrew letters)
#30050527

Queen Esther begs King Ahasver for clemency towards the Persian Jews. Page from...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical story      
of Queen Esther, read during the Purim festival in     
memory of the downfall of Haman, symbolic arch-enemy   
of the Jews. From Ancona, Italy, 1784.                 
Parchment, 206 x 24,5 cm
#30050528

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical story of Queen Esther, read du...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book       
Esther, read during the Purim festival in memory of    
the downfall of Haman, symbolic arch-enemy of the Jews.
From Corfu, Greece, 1708                               
Ink and tempera on parchment, 120 x 26,5 cm
#30050529

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book       
Esther, read during the Purim festival in memory of    
the downfall of Haman, symbolic arch-enemy of the Jews.
From Northern Italy, around 1700.                      
Vellum, 166 x 17,5 cm
#30050530

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book       
Esther, read during the Purim festival, in memory      
of the downfall of Haman, arch-enemy of the Persian    
Jews. From Italy, mid-18th.                            
Vellum, painted, 215 x 12 cm
#30050531

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book       
Esther, read during the Purim festival in memory       
of the downfall of Haman, arch-enemy of the Persian    
Jews. Twisted columns stand for the columns of the     
Temple of Solomon. From Italy, watercolour, 156 x 26 cm
#30050532

Megillat Esther, a scroll with the biblical Book Esther, read during the...

Blessings after the reading of the Book Esther during  
the Purim festival. Scenes from the story - Haman      
parading Mordecai through the streets, King Ahasuerus  
extending his scepter to Esther, passing his ring to   
Mordecai. From Germany, 1827. Parchment, 41 x 21,5 cm
#30050533

Blessings after the reading of the Book Esther during the Purim festival. Scen...

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
#30050536

Passover plate and matzah perforator. Passover and the Seder-dinner celebrate t...

Seder plate, on which the symbolic foods are arranged  
during the Seder dinner. It shows scenes from the      
Haggadah, the story of the Exodus read during the      
home celebration. From Germany, 1790.                  
Pewter, 39 cm diameter
#30050537

Seder plate, on which the symbolic foods are arranged during the Seder dinner....

Seder plate, on which the symbolic foods are arranged  
during the Seder dinner, the home celebration of the   
exodus from Egypt. It shows a father and his sons      
around the Seder table, a round matzah in the center.  
From Hamburg, Germany, 1774. Pewter, 38 cm diameter.
#30050538

Seder plate, on which the symbolic foods are arranged during the Seder dinner,...