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1. [Circumsicion]

[Circumsicion]
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish circumcision. Engraving by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin after Hubert-François Gravelot. 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.

2. The Habdalah

The Habdalah
Description:
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. Original illustration from the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.

3. [Simchat Torah]

[Simchat Torah]
Description:
Hand-colored engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

5. [Sukkot]

[Sukkot]
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, below. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

6. Judenhochzeit

Judenhochzeit
Description:
Color lithographic print depicting a Jewish marriage ceremony. Lithograph printed by Reiffenstein & Rösch.

7. Die Brautschau

Die Brautschau
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Hermann Junker's painting Die Brautschau.

9. [Funeral, burial]

[Funeral, burial]
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a Jewish funeral, above, and a Jewish burial, below. After an engraving by Bernard Picart.

10. [Circumsicion]

[Circumsicion]
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish circumcision.