Rosh Hashanah postcard with a reproduction of the lithograph Les Vermicelles by Alphonse Lévy, showing a housewife preparing frimsel (egg noodles) for the Sabbath.
Postcard with a reproduction of a painting by Morris Katz depicting a man reaching out to touch his tzitzit to the Torah mantle during the Torah procession.
Postcard depicting a festival meal. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Make the kiddush my child, light of my life - it's time / Chant it in a voice that's true / May you, my child, be a man among men / And also be a Jew."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with text excerpted from Genesis 2:24 : "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the Purim custom of mishloach manot (sending of portions). Text excerpted from Esther 9:19 : "Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of Kiddush. The text reads : "And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the Lord" (Leviticus 23:44).
Color postcard depicting a boy learning to lay tefillin before his bar mitzvah, including the blessing for putting on tefillin : "Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and has commanded us regarding the commandment of tefillin."
Postcard with reproductions of Moritz Oppenheim's paitings The Presentation at the Synagogue (Das Schultragen) and The Godfather Awaits the Child (Der Gevatter erwartet das Kind).
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the priestly blessing : "May the Lord bless you and guard you; May the Lord make His face shed light upon you and be gracious unto you; May the Lord lift up His face unto you and give you peace."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of Kiddush. With text of Psalm 116:13 : "I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord."
Raised relief Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. With text excerpted from Psalm 89:16 : "Happy is the people that know the joyful shout."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an excerpt of the liturigical poem Unetanneh Tokef, which is recited during the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy : "But repentance, prayer, and righteousness avert the severe decree."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the Torah procession in synagogue. The text reads : "O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together" (Psalm 34:4).
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the Torah procession in synagogue. The text reads : "O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together" (Psalm 34:4).
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the Torah procession in synagogue. The text reads : "O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together" (Psalm 34:4).
Raised relief Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting lifting the Torah in synagogue, with texts from Proverbs. Above, text excerpted from Proverbs 3:18 : "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her." The Torah scroll is opened to Proverbs 9:11 : "For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. The text reads : "With trumpets and sound of the horn shout ye before the King, the Lord."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a boy learning to lay tefillin before his bar mitzvah. The text reads : "And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes" (Deuteronomy 6:8).
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Quicker, quicker, shochet / Quickly slaughter the kapores! / May with them disappear / All sorrow, and affliction, and trouble!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with text excerpted from the Avodah service on Yom Kippur : "They would kneel and prostrate themselves and give thanks and fall upon their faces."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of kapparot. The following is recited during the ceremony : "This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement. This rooster will go to its death, while I will enter and proceed to a good long life and to peace."
Raised relief Rosh Hashanah postcard with a portion of the Ma Tovu prayer, recited by Jews upon entering the synagogue : "But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a portion of the Ma Tovu prayer, recited by Jews upon entering the synagogue : "But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time."
Postcard by Hayyim Goldberg entitled "the vision," with a Yiddish poem : "He casts a furtive glance at her / She coyly lets down her gaze / The old mother at the door / Beams with naches and happiness."
Postcard by Hayyim Goldber entitled "the teacher" (melamed). The text reads : "I promise you now, baalabus / If he should learn with me for a time / Your child will grow into a scholar, a takhshit / A good person - Both to God and men!"
Postcard by Hayyim Goldber entitled "the teacher" (melamed). The text reads : "Answer, shegetz, do not be afraid / Will you go to cheder to learn Torah?"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the recitation of Uva letzion, the closing prayer of the weekday morning service. With text of Psalm 145:18 above : "The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him."
Postcard with a reproduction of Moritz Oppenheim's painting Die Jahrzeit (Minïan). The postcard is mistakenly labeled as showing a depiction of Yom Kippur on the battlefield.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a Jewish marriage ceremony. Text excerpted from the Sheva Brachot : "Voices of joy and gladness, voices of groom and bride."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "And his name is called Motel / A little boy full of grace / Mother pushes him in the carriage / Her naches, her crown."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "And his name is called Motel / A little boy full of grace / Mother pushes him in the carriage / Her naches, her crown."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "And well and good is Motel / To people and to God / He often plays with little children / And dances a wheel with them."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Postcard by Hayyim Goldberg with a poem entitled "Hanukkah" by Abraham Reisen : "Old grief disappears / Let us be happy tonight / All the little candles are lit / And the old happiness awakens!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the priestly blessing : "May the Lord bless you and guard you; May the Lord make His face shed light upon you and be gracious unto you; May the Lord lift up His face unto you and give you peace."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a portion of the Ma Tovu prayer, recited by Jews upon entering the synagogue : "How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel."