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The Bible (Old Testament)

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The Jewish Museum New York

THE JEWISH MUSEUM NEW YORK

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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...

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...

The Fall of Goliath. Top: King Saul and his men of valour; bottom: David slays Goliath; four Philistine warriors mourn with raised arms, David's brothers look on (left); Goliath's helmet between them on the ground. Oil on glass painting, 59,5 x 49 cm
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The Fall of Goliath. Top: King Saul and his men of valour; bottom: David sl...

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:...

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 or synagogue, to indicate the direction of prayer, i.e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Poland, 1882. Between the two temple columns,a menorah and two Lions of Judah. Symmetrical paper cutout, 41 x 34 cm
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Mizrach ("East"),a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue, 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...

Itinerarium, presenting the main pilgrimage sites of the Holy Land.From Jerusalem, after 1865. The two top registers show Jerusalem, the lower registers sites in Shechem,Safed,Tiberias and Hebron. Watercolour on paper, 64,5 x 47,4 cm
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Itinerarium, presenting the main pilgrimage sites of the Holy Land.From Je...

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...