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2. [Shofar]

Date:
1966
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of a painting by Morris Katz depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah.

3. [Sukkot]

Date:
1966
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of a painting by Morris Katz depicting the celebration of Sukkot.

4. The Jewish Candlelighter

Date:
1965
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of a painting by Morris Katz depicting a woman lighting Sabbath candles.

5. Strajmel for the chosen / שטריימל עבוד החתן

Date:
1952
Description:
Color drawing depicting a groom purchasing a shtreimel for his wedding. Drawing by Gabriella Rosenthal. From Odd corners in Jerusalem : twelve coloured drawings (Simṭaʾot bi-Yerushalayim : 12 tsiyurim tsivʻoniyim me-et Gavriʾelah Rozenṭal) by Gabriella Rosenthal.

6. Succoth

Date:
1948
Description:
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Succoth. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.

7. Chanukah

Date:
1948
Description:
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Chanukah. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.

8. Passover

Date:
1948
Description:
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Passover. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.

9. Rosh Hashanah

Date:
1948
Description:
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Rosh Hashanah. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.

10. Purim

Date:
1948
Description:
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Purim. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.

12. Machetunim kommen

Date:
1909
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing the arrival of the "machetunim" (relatives by marriage).

14. Licht zünden

Date:
1908
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing the lighting of the Sabbath candles.

18. Chusen, kale maseltow…

Date:
1904
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing a scene from a Jewish wedding.

20. Besingen der Kale

Date:
1904
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing a scene from a Jewish wedding.

23. Gebet bei Vollmond

Date:
1903
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing the observance of Rosh Chodesh.

24. Hawdule, Gite Woch!

Date:
1902
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing the ceremony of Havdalah.

25. Machetunim kommen

Date:
1902
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing the arrival of the "machetunim" (relatives by marriage).

26. Chusen Kale, gute Nacht!

Date:
1902
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing a scene from a Jewish wedding.

27. Besingen der Kale

Date:
1902
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of artwork showing a scene from a Jewish wedding.

30. Jewish boy replying to a toast after a "confirmation" dinner

Date:
1902
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a boy after his confirmation ceremony. From Living London : its work and its play, its humour and its pathos, its sights and its scenes, Vol. 2, by George R. Sims.

31. Der Seder-Abend (Passahfest)

Date:
1901
Description:
Postcard with a reproduction of Moritz Oppenheim's painting Seder (The Passover Meal) (Der Oster-Abend).

32. Jews' Day of Atonement

Date:
1895-1899
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Yom Kippur in the synagogue. From Ridpath's universal history, Volume 5, by John Clark Ridpath.

33. Modern Jewish marriage ceremony

Date:
1895-1899
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish marriage ceremony. After a drawing by R. Taylor. From Ridpath's universal history, Volume 5, by John Clark Ridpath.

34. Feast of Tabernacles

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the interior of a sukkah during the celebration of Sukkot. 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.

35. In a Jewish slaughter-house--examining the knife

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a shochet in a Jewish slaughterhouse. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.

36. Feast of Tabernacles. In the "booth."

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the interior of a sukkah during the celebration of Sukkot. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.

37. The priestly blessing

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the priestly blessing. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.

38. Passover Eve

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a Passover seder. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.

39. Palm procession, Feast of Tabernacles

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Sukkot in the synagogue. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.

40. Jewish burial

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish burial. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.

41. Jewish wedding. Under the "chupah."

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish marriage ceremony. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.

42. Passover supper

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a Passover seder. 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.

43. Passover supper

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting a Passover seder. 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.

44. The Habdalah

Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.

46. [Kapparot]

Date:
1888
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. Illustration by Edward Loevy.

47. Das Neumondgebet

Date:
1886
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Hermann Junker's painting Das Neumondgebet. Published in Über Land und Meer, Jahrgang 28, Band 56, Heft 32.

48. [Soukkoth]

Date:
1886
Description:
Illustration by Alphonse Lévy depicting a preparing a sukkah for the celebration of Sukkot. From La vie juive by David-Léon Cahun.

49. [Paque]

Date:
1886
Description:
Illustration by Alphonse Lévy depicting baking matzo for Passover. From La vie juive by David-Léon Cahun.

50. La bénédiction du samedi

Date:
1886
Description:
Illustration by Alphonse Lévy depicting the blessing of the children on the Sabbath. From La vie juive by David-Léon Cahun.

51. Le séder

Date:
1886
Description:
Illustration by Alphonse Lévy depicting a Passover seder. From La vie juive by David-Léon Cahun.

52. Scène de deuil

Date:
1886
Description:
Illustration by Alphonse Lévy depicting the Jewish mourning custom of sitting shiva. From La vie juive by David-Léon Cahun.

54. עבודת הקדש

Date:
1882
Description:
Card of the burial society Gemilut Hasadim in Amsterdam, with an engraving of men carrying a coffin.

55. Taschlich

Date:
1878
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. After a painting by Wilhelm August Stryowski. Published in Über Land und Meer, Jahrgang 20, Band 40, Heft 44.

57. Der alte Reinach kondoliert dem trauernden Raaf und seiner Tochter Mine

Date:
1877
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a scene from Raaf's Mine by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal, depicting Reinach offering his condolences to the rabbi and his daughter Mine as they are sitting shiva. From an illustration by Moritz Oppenheim. Published in Über Land und Meer, Jahrgang 19, Band 37, Heft 15.

58. The Jews' Passover

Date:
1876
Description:
Color lithograph depicting a Passover seder. Lithograph by Franz Kellerhoven. From Manners, customs, and dress during the middle ages, and during the renaissance period by Paul Lacroix (P. L. Jacob), published London: Chapman and Hall.

59. The Feast of Dedication

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Hanukkah in the synagogue. The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

60. The Feast of Tabernacles

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Moritz Oppenheim's painting Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). Published in The Aldine, Volume 5.

61. The Day of Atonement

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the ceremony of kapparot. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

62. A Jewish marriage in Tangiers

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish marriage ceremony in Tangier. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

63. New Years Day

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Rosh Hashanah in the synagogue. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

64. The Fast of Jerusalem

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Tisha B'Av in the synagogue. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

65. The Feast of Pentecost

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Shavuot in the synagogue. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

66. The Feast of the Passover

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a Passover seder. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

67. Preparing for the burial

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the preparation of a body for burial. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

68. The eve of the Sabbath--lighting the Sabbath lamp

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of lighting the Sabbath lamp. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

69. Lighting the Sabbath lamp

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of lighting the Sabbath lamp. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

70. The Feast of the Passover

Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Moritz Oppenheim's painting Seder (The Passover Meal) (Der Oster-Abend). Published in The Aldine, Volume 5.

71. [Passover observances]

Date:
1870
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting searching for leaven on the eve of Passover. From the article "Passover observances" published in the September 1, 1870, edition of The Sunday Magazine.

72. Jom Kippur (Der Versöhnungstag) vor Metz 1870

Date:
1870-1879
Description:
Photographic reproduction of a painting by Hermann Junker depicting a Yom Kippur service for Jewish soldiers during the Franco-Prussian War. Photographic reproduction by Hermann Emden. Published Frankfurt am Main: Verlag v. Heinrich Keller.

73. Une noce juive en Allemagne

Date:
1869
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Moritz Oppenheim's painting The Wedding (Die Trauung). Published in the May 1, 1869, ediction of L'Univers illustré.

74. Juifs polonais célébrant le Grand Pardon

Date:
1864
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Jews from Poland in the synagogue on Yom Kippur. After a drawing by Wilhelm August Stryowski. Published in the October 15, 1864, edition of L'Univers illustré.

75. The Jewish Feast of Purim or Lots in 1712

Date:
1858,1858,1860
Description:
Black-and-white engraving of the interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, during the celebration of Purim. Engraving by William Forrest after an engraving by Bernard Picart. From The faiths of the world : an account of all religions and religious sects, their doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs by James Gardner. Published London & Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co.

77. Jüdische Hochzeit zu Marocco

Date:
1850-1859
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Eugène Delacroix's painting Jewish Wedding in Morocco. Published in Payne's Universum und Buch der Kunst, Neue Folge, Dritte Band.

78. Searching for Leaven

Date:
1845
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting searching for leaven on the eve of Passover. From The pictorial Sunday book by John Kitto, published London: London Printing and Publishing Company.

79. Festin Juif

Date:
1835
Description:
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish celebration in Algeria. From Voyage pittoresque dans la Régence d’Alger by Émile-Aubert Lessore and William Wyld. Printed and published Paris: Charles Motte.

80. ולקחתם לכם ביום הראשון פרי עץ הדר כפות תמרים וענף עץ עבות וערבי נחל ושמחתם לפני ה'' אלהיכם שבעת ימים

Date:
1826
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting Sukkot in the synagogue. With Hebrew text of Leviticus 23:40 : "And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days." Frontispiece to Maḥazor le-ḥag ha-Sukot ule-shabat she-betokho : ke-minhag Ashkenaz : meduyaḳ heṭev u-mevoʼar yafeh u-meturgam Ashkenazit, published Sulzbach: Buchdruckerey von S. Arnstein & Sohne.

82. Le Chipur, ou le Jour du Pardon tel qu'il se celêbre chez les Juifs Allemands

Date:
1819
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul in Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From Histoire des religions et des moeurs de tous les peuples du monde / avec 600 gravures, représentant toutes les cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, dessinées et gravées par le célèbre B. Picart ; publiées en Hollande, par J.-Fr. Bernard, Volume 5, published Paris: A. Belin, 1816-1819.

83. Le Son du Cor au Premier Jour de l'An

Date:
1819
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From Histoire des religions et des moeurs de tous les peuples du monde / avec 600 gravures, représentant toutes les cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, dessinées et gravées par le célèbre B. Picart ; publiées en Hollande, par J.-Fr. Bernard, Volume 5, published Paris: A. Belin, 1816-1819.

84. Les Assistans jettent de la terre sur le Corps

Date:
1819
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish burial. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From Histoire des religions et des moeurs de tous les peuples du monde / avec 600 gravures, représentant toutes les cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, dessinées et gravées par le célèbre B. Picart ; publiées en Hollande, par J.-Fr. Bernard, Volume 5, published Paris: A. Belin, 1816-1819.

85. Les Acafoth ou les sept tours, autour du Cercueil

Date:
1819
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish funeral. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From Histoire des religions et des moeurs de tous les peuples du monde / avec 600 gravures, représentant toutes les cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, dessinées et gravées par le célèbre B. Picart ; publiées en Hollande, par J.-Fr. Bernard, Volume 5, published Paris: A. Belin, 1816-1819.

86. Religious Penance observ'd by the ancient Jews

Date:
1811
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new univeral history of the religious rites, ceremonies and customs of the whole world by William Hurd, published Manchester: J. Gleave.

87. Jewish Wedding

Date:
1807-1811
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish marriage ceremony. Engraving by William Kneass. From A dictionary of the Holy Bible : containing an historical account of the persons, a geographical and historical account of the places, a literal, critical, and systematical description of other objects, whether natural, artificial, civil, religious, or military... by John Brown, published Pittsburgh: Zadok Cramer.

88. Jewish Passover

Date:
1807-1811
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Passover seder. Engraving by William Kneass. From A dictionary of the Holy Bible : containing an historical account of the persons, a geographical and historical account of the places, a literal, critical, and systematical description of other objects, whether natural, artificial, civil, religious, or military... by John Brown, published Pittsburgh: Zadok Cramer.

89. Het bad der Hoogduitsche Jooden, te Amsterdam

Date:
1783
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the mikveh of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Pieter Wagenaar, Jr. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten by William Hurd, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.

90. Gezicht der Portugeesche en Hoogduitsche Jooden-Synagogen, nevens het Feest der Loofhutten te Amsterdam

Date:
1782
Description:
Black-and-white engraving of the Portuguese Synagogue, New Synagogue, and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam during the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Pieter Wagenaar, Jr. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten by William Hurd, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.

91. The Passover Celebrated by the Portuguese Jews

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam. 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.

92. Jewish Ceremony of Sounding the Horn on New Year's Day

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. 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.

93. Celebration of the Day of Forgiveness, by the Jews in Germany

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul in Amsterdam. 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.

94. The Search for the Leavened Bread, &c. a domestic Ceremony in the Jewish Religion

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of. 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.

95. Gemaskerd bal, by gelegenheid van het Joodsche Purim-Feest

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a masked ball on the occasion of Purim. Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Pieter Wagenaar, Jr. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten, Volume 1, by William Hurd, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.

96. Religious Penance observ'd by the antient Jews

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. 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.

97. Huwelyks-plegtigheid van de Portugeesche Jooden

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a marriage ceremony of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam. Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Jacobus Buys. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten, Volume 1, by William Hurd, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.

98. The Nuptial Ceremony of the Portuguese Jews

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a marriage ceremony of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam. 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.

99. Celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles, a great Festival among the Jews

Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the interior of a sukkah during the celebration of Sukkot. 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.