Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the Simchat Torah tradition of Kol HaNe'arim. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Small children under the tallis / Exactly like little birds in a nest / Also keep yourselves together / As the Torah holds you fast."
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; answer me with the truth of Thy salvation."
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.
Color postcard depicting the Torah procession in synagogue. V'zot haTorah : "And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel." Original illustration by S. Seeberger.
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).
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the procession of the Torah scrolls during the dedication of the synagogue in Versailles. Published in the October 23, 1886, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Jewish ritual objects, including tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzah, shofar, kiddush cup, tefillin, and Torah scroll. From Philologus hebræo-mixtus by Johannes Leusden, published Basileæ, apud E. & J.R. Thurnisios, fratres.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Nineteenth Street Synagogue, former location of Congregation Shearith Israel at the corner of 19th Street and 5th Avenue in New York, on the occasion of its consecration. Published in the September 29, 1860, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white engraving depicting reading from a Torah scroll, above, and a Jewish circumcision, below. The Hebrew text on the Torah scroll reads : "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). Frontispiece from Johannis BuxtorfI patris, Synagoga Judaica : de judaeorum fide, ritibus, ceremoniis, tam publicis & sacris, quàm privatis, in domestica vivendi ratione by Johannes Buxtorf, published Basileae: Sumptibus authoris, apud Johan. Jacobum Deckerum.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Yom Kippur in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Abraham Jacobsz. Hulk after a drawing by Abraham Pietersz. Hulk. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten, Volume 1, by William Hurd, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.
Hand-colored engraving depicting Yom Kippur in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Abraham Jacobsz. Hulk after a drawing by Abraham Pietersz. Hulk. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten, Volume 1, by William Hurd, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Torah scroll with Torah mantle. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.
Black-and-white engraving of a Torah scroll and its ornaments. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.
Black-and-white engraving depicting implements used in the ritual of circumcision. Below, a Torah scroll and its ornaments. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Hand-colored engraving depicting the standards of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, along with the Tabernacle, above right. Illustration of Numbers 2:2 : "The children of Israel shall pitch by their fathers' houses; every man with his own standard, according to the ensigns; a good way off shall they pitch round about the tent of meeting." Below, a Torah scroll and its ornaments. Engraving by Castelli. From Le Costume ancien et moderne, ou, Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes, Asia, Volume 3, by Giulio Ferrario, published Milan: De l'imprimerie de l'editeur, 1815-1829.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the principal religions of the world. Judaism is depicted by a rabbi holding a Torah scroll. Engraving by Bernard Picart. Frontispiece for Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the removal of the Torah scrolls from the ark at the West London Synagogue on Upper Berkeley Street. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.
Black-and-white engraving depicting lifting the Torah in the synagogue. The synagogue is identified by the title as Great Synagogue in London at Duke's Place. The engraving, however, is a copy of an engraving by Bernard Picart depicting the Protuguese Synagogue in the Hague. From Thornton's History of London, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engravings depicting the priestly blessing, above, and lifting the Torah, below, at the Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Black-and-white engraving of the interior of a synagogue. Engraving by James Mynde. From A new history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world to the establishment of Christianity, Volume 2, by Thomas Stackhouse, published London: Printed for Stephen Austen, 1742-1744.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Jews of Rome presenting the Pentateuch to a new pope after his election. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting reading from the Torah in the synagogue. From Ridpath's universal history, Volume 5, by John Clark Ridpath.
Black-and-white engravings depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting Simchat Torah at the Park East Synagogue in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting reading from the Torah at the Eldridge Street Synagogue in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Nineteenth Street Synagogue, former location of Congregation Shearith Israel at the corner of 19th Street and 5th Avenue in New York, on the occasion of its consecration. Published in the September 29, 1860, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Portuguese synagogue in rue Lamartine. After a painting by Jacob-Emile-Edouard Brandon. From the May 29, 1869, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproductions of the exterior of the synagogue in Verdun, as well as a scene from the synagogue's inauguration. Published in the March 20, 1875, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris during the synagogue's inauguration. Published in the September 19, 1874, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Simchat Torah. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.
Color print reproduction of the painting Saving the Torah Scrolls by Stanislaus Bender. From A collection of paintings by Stan. Bender, published Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with scenes from the inauguration of the synagogue in Lechenich on September 10, 1886. From an original drawing by Jean Bungartz. Published in Die Illustrirte Welt.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Sabbath at home and in the synagogue. Engraving by Johann Georg Puschner. From Jüdisches Ceremoniel, first published by Paul Christian Kirchner in 1717, edited and reissued by the Christian Hebraist Sebastian Jugendres in 1724, published Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath.
Black-and-white engraving depicting lifting the Torah at the Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engraving depicting reading from the Torah in the synagogue. From Vervolg op Flavius Josephus; of Algemene historie der joodsche naatsie, behelzende ene uitvoerige beschryving…, Volume 2, by Jacques Basnage, published Amsterdam: Gerard onder de Linden.
Black-and-white engravings depicting the priestly blessing, above, and lifting the Torah, below, at the Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague. Engraving after Bernard Picart.
Black-and-white wood engraving accompanying the article The Festival of the Jewish Sabbath by Charles Hole, published in the April 1, 1870, edition of The Sunday Magazine.
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.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Simchat Torah in the synagogue. Engraving by John McRae. From the article "The Joy of the Law" by Mordecai Manuel Noah, published in the The Odd-Fellows’ Offering, for 1851.
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 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."
Black-and-white etching depicting reading from the Torah. Signed by the artist Hermann Struck. The text reads : "Blessed be He, who in His holiness gave the Torah to his people Israel."
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).
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