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French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Omer calendar, for counting the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, the barley harvest.Pictures show Balaam's ass, Joshua stopping the sun during the battle against the Amorites, and Jael killing Sisera. From Italy, watercolour on a paper scroll, 32,7 x 11,3 cm
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Omer calendar, for counting the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, th...

Miniature Ark, or Torah shrine. A menorah and the tablets with the ten commandments appear on the doors. From Russia. Punchwork on sheet brass, 41 x 18 x 14 cm
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Miniature Ark, or Torah shrine. A menorah and the tablets with the ten com...

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...

Ark (Torah shrine) curtain from Persia. Designed like a Moslem prayer rug, floral decorations, Star of David, Bible quotations. Embroidery on hand-quilted cotton, 114 x 76 cm
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Ark (Torah shrine) curtain from Persia. Designed like a Moslem prayer rug...

In a wall painting in the Sukkah of Fischach, Germany, members of the Jewish community walk behind a man carrying the Torah scroll. The others hold lulavim, palm branches. From Fischach, Germany, early 19th See also 30-05-04/9
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In a wall painting in the Sukkah of Fischach, Germany, members of the Jewish co...

Micrographic painting of Zion,city of David.Two gnarled trees with psalters,harps,timbrels,pipes and cymbals according to psalm 150.In the center the City of David and the tombs of the kings of the House of David. Watercolour and ink on paper,38,5 x 31,5 cm
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Micrographic painting of Zion,city of David.Two gnarled trees with psalters,harp...

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...

Chanukka lamp,from Holland. Brass repoussee,26 x 26 x 10,5 cm
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Chanukka lamp,from Holland. Brass repoussee,26 x 26...

Shiviti,a decorative plaque usually set in the eastern wall of a synagogue,like a mizrach,to indicate the proper direction of prayer.This shiviti contains biblical verses written in the form of a menorah.From Persia. Ink and watercolour on paper,41,9 x 33,9 cm
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Shiviti,a decorative plaque usually set in the eastern wall of a synago...

Shiviti,a decorative plaque usually set in the eastern wall of a synagogue,like a mizrach,to indicate the proper direction of prayer.This shiviti is written in the form of a menorah Persia. Ink and watercolour on paper,41,9 x 33,9 cm
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Shiviti,a decorative plaque usually set in the eastern wall of a synago...

Purim-plate with Adam and Eve and Imperial Eagle. Tin
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Purim-plate with Adam and Eve and Imperial Eagle. Tin

Synagogue ornament;two large lions flank the Ten Commandments.The woodcarving was made by Charles Illions (1865-1949)for a synagogue on Third Street in Brooklin,New York. Wood,213 x 76 cm
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Synagogue ornament;two large lions flank the Ten Commandments.The woodcar...