Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Torah scroll in the center. Text on the scroll reads : "And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no manner of servile work; it is a day of blowing the horn unto you."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of Kiddush. The text reads : "And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the Lord" (Leviticus 23:44).
Black-and-white postcard with portraits of Zionists Theodor Herzl, Bernard Lazare, Max Mandelstamm, Moses Gaster, and Max Nordau. Below, depictions of a Jewish pioneer seeding a field and the Western Wall. The Hebrew text is excerpted from Ezekiel 37:21 : "Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations...and bring them into their own land."
Black-and-white Rosh Hashanah postcard with a pair of birds carrying a New Year's greeting, in front of a wreath of flowers. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Dear doves, bright, white / Are bringing us sweet, important news / Are bringing us good fortune and dear hopes / Are opening for us safe, joyful paths."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a book entitled The Golden Book (for the New Year). The book includes a Yiddish poem : "The Book of Life lays open / Prepared for all / Much luck for the New Year / With hope and happiness."
Black-and-white engraving depicting Moses and the Ten Commandments. Engraving by Abram Rimini after a painting by Daniele Crespie. The text reads : "And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses."
Black-and-white engraving depicting King David. Engraving by Abram Rimini after a painting by Daniele Crespie. The text reads : "The Lord hath sought him a man after His own heart."
Hand-colored lithograph depicting Moses with the Ten Commandments, with text excerpted from Exodus 35:1 : "'These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them." Lithograph printed Wissembourg: C. Burckardt.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The Brooklyn Bridge can be seen in the background. The text, which is recited at the ceremony, is excerpted from Micah 7:19 : "And Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Color lithograph depicting Aaron in the vestments of the Jewish high priest, with text excerpted from Leviticus 16:3 : "Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place." Printed Metz: Dembour et Gangel.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the candles, kiddush cup, and spice box used in the ceremony of Havdalah. Text at the bottom of the postcard reads : "I will raise the cup of deliverance and call upon the name of the Lord."
Black-and-white engraved portrait of Rabbi Zevi Hirsch ben Benjamin Baschko, rabbi of the three communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbeck. By C. Begge in Altona.
Hand-colored engraving with a view from the Muidergracht, including the Portuguese Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Black-and-white engraving with a view from the Muidergracht, including the Portuguese Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of Sabbatai Zevi, who claimed to be the Jewish Messiah. Engraving by Cornelis Meyssens. Printed by Johannes Meyssens.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Engraving by Georg Michael Kurz. Published Darmstadt: G.G. Lange.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Engraving by Georg Michael Kurz. Published Darmstadt: G.G. Lange.