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Ketubah, jewish marriage contract, from Utica, New York, USA, 1864. Grandfather clocks sit atop the traditional two columns flanking the drawing of a handshake, "Let it be a propitious hour." Watercolour and ink on paper, 32 x 24,5 cm
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Ketubah, jewish marriage contract, from Utica, New York, USA, 1864. Gra...

Ketubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Tiberias, Israel, 1888. Apotropaic eyes in the upper corners protect bride and groom from evil and bad luck. Paint and ink on paper, 45,2 x 36,7 cm
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Ketubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Tiberias, Israel, 1888. Apotropaic...

Book of blessings, from Vienna, 1724, painted by Aaron of Givitsch, who also painted the Vienna Haggadah. Prayers blessing god as creator of human diversity, are illustrated by a black man and three dwarfs. 17 leaves, watercolour on vellum, 8,4 x 6 cm
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Book of blessings, from Vienna, 1724, painted by Aaron of Givitsch, who also pa...

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...

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...

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 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...

Sampler, a collection of stitches. From Holland or Germany, 1817. The sampler was embroidered by a child, Zirle, with Hebrew and Latin letters. Undyed linen, embroidered with silk, 35,5 x 21 cm
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Sampler, a collection of stitches. From Holland or Germany, 1817. The sa...

Sampler, a collection of stitches. From the USA. Mainly using cross stitch, the maker, Bek Berta, used both Latin and Hebrew script. Undyed cotton embroidered on double mesh canvas, 58 x 42 cm
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Sampler, a collection of stitches. From the USA. Mainly using cross stitc...

Mohel's book, which contains prayers for the circumcision and the mohel's list of the children he has circumcised. From Holland, early 19th. The godfather holds the child while the mohel performs the circumcision. 35 leaves, vellum, 14,8 x 10,1 cm
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Mohel's book, which contains prayers for the circumcision and the moh...

Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is cleaned and decorated before being given to the synagogue for use as a Torah binder. From Alsace, 1924. Painted, undyed cotton, 325 x 20,5 cm
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Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is clean...

Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is cleaned and decorated before being given to the synagogue as a torah binder. From the USA, 1929. Decorated with symbols typical of life in the US. Cotton,painted, 120 x 21,5 cm
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Wimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is...