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Glass tumbler (c 1850) - yellow mordant, white cut Abraham and the three angels: probably by Friedrich Egermann who invented the yellow mordant. From Bohemia
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Glass tumbler (c 1850) - yellow mordant, white cut Abraham and the three angels:...

Ornamental plate - ceramics painted with gold rim Center: Samson tearing down the pillars of the temple Hebrew inscription - from Bohemia - diameter 30 cm Inv. 374
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Ornamental plate - ceramics painted with gold rim Center: Samson tearing d...

Moses and the Ten Commandments (c 1900) - oil on canvas Misrach (prayer panel) in the form of a neo-Gothic Altar Inv. 718
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Moses and the Ten Commandments (c 1900) - oil on canvas Misrach (prayer panel) i...

David playing the Harp for King Saul; 1896 Oil on canvas Size: 126 x 235 Inv. 1626
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David playing the Harp for King Saul; 1896 Oil on canvas...

Prayerbook from Corfu, Greece, 1692. A miscellaneous collection of prayers and sayings from the Talmud, this prayerbook is written in Judeo-Greek. Page shows the angel preventing Abraham from sacrificing his son Isaac. Watercolour on paper, 20 leaves, 13 x 12 cm
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Prayerbook from Corfu, Greece, 1692. A miscellaneous collection of prayers and s...

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:...

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...

Chanukkah lamp and quilted picture of Adam, Eve and the snake. Chanukkah is the Feast of Dedication, commemorating the rededication of the Temple after the victory of Judah Maccabee over the Seleucids. From USA. Lamp of pewter, candle holders of tin. H:26,5 cm
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Chanukkah lamp and quilted picture of Adam, Eve and the snake. Chanukkah is...

Embroidered wallhanging for Purim, the Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of Persian Jews as related in the biblical book of Esther. Bottom register: Haman, enemy of the Jews, and his ten sons die on the gallows. Jerusalem,wool and silk,perforated paper, 67 x 53 cm
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Embroidered wallhanging for Purim, the Jewish holiday commemorating the salvat...

Shiviti, a plaque placed on the wall of synagogue or home to indicate East, the direction of prayer. This shiviti is for Purim, the feast commemorating the salvation of the Persian Jews from oppression by Haman. From Persia, paper and watercolour, 43 x 35 cm
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Shiviti, a plaque placed on the wall of synagogue or home to indicate East, t...