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."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg with a Yiddish poem : "In merit of the candle that I light here now / In merit of the holy fire / Be gracious to me, God, with my husband, with the children / Illuminate and shine upon us this New Year!"
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!"
Color postcard with a reproduction of an oil painting by Robert Guttmann depicting a beth hamidrash in Carpathian Ruthenia. The original painting is held at the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Color postcard with a reproduction of an oil painting by Robert Guttmann depicting a synagogue in Carpathian Ruthenia. The original painting is held at the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Color postcard with a reproduction of an oil painting by Robert Guttmann depicting a bar mitzvah in the synagogue. The original painting is held at the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an illustration of Yom Kippur in a synagogue on New York's Lower East Side. Illustration originally published with the article "In the New York Ghetto" by Katherine Hoffman, Munsey's Magazine.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a reproduction of the lithograph Les Vermicelles by Alphonse Lévy, showing a housewife preparing frimsel (egg noodles) for the Sabbath.
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; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy salvation."
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 an excerpt of the liturigical poem Unetanneh Tokef, which is recited during the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy : "On Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed."
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." In this postcard, the head of the rooster used for kapparot is substituted with the face of Nicholas II of Russia.
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." In this postcard, the head of the rooster used for kapparot is substituted with the face of Nicholas II of Russia.
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. The text is excerpted from the blessing over the Havdalah candle : "Who creates the lights of the fire."
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." In this postcard, the head of the rooster used for kapparot is substituted with the face of Nicholas II of Russia.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an excerpt of the prayer Aleinu : "For we bend the knee and offer worship and thanks before the supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. The postcard includes the text of a piyyut sung after the ceremony : " Who distinguishes between sacred and profane / May He forgive our iniquities / Our children and our fortunes shall multiply like the sand / And the stars of the night."
Postcard with a reproduction of the lithograph La Bénédiction des lumières le vendredi soir à l'entrée du sabbat by Alphonse Lévy, which shows the blessing of the Sabbath lamp.
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