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 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.
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.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Jewish holiday rituals, including lighting a menorah on Hanukkah, Purim festivities, mourning on Tisha B'Av, and the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot. From Philologus hebræo-mixtus by Johannes Leusden, published Basileæ, apud E. & J.R. Thurnisios, fratres.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. Engraving by Pieter Tanjé after Louis Fabricius Dubourg. 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 5, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes). From An historical, critical, geographical, chronological, and etymological dictionary of the Holy Bible, Volume 1, by Augustin Calmet, published London: Printed for J. J. and P. Knapton, etc.
Black-and-white engravings depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul in Amsterdam, below. 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 depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes). From Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bybel by Augustin Calmet.
Black-and-white woodcut depicting the prestly blessing on Yom Kippur. From Libellus de Judaica confessione by Johannes Pfefferkorn, published Cologne: Johannes Landen.
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."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an excerpt of the Al Chet confession of sins recited during Yom Kippur services : "For the sin which we have committed before You in business dealings."
Anti-Nazi Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of kapparot, with Hitler's head in place of the rooster's head. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "And a new, sweet year comes / Then we will shlogn kapores / With every one of Hitler's men / With all troubles and afflications."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting charity given on Erev Yom Kippur. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "In virtue of the charity we give / No matter when, no matter how small or large / Inscribe us God, in the Book of Life / And nevermore may it be erased."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting charity given on Erev Yom Kippur. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "In virtue of the charity we give / No matter when, no matter how small or large / Inscribe us God, in the Book of Life / And nevermore may it be erased."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting Motzei Yom Kippur. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "The fast is over. We have come from shul / Hearts are full with comfort and hope / We mark a happy New Year / Sitting around the table eating and drinking / "Who distinguishes between sacred..." the gramophone sings / And we breathe cheerfully, freely."