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1. [Simchat Torah]

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

2. Procession of the sepharim

Procession of the sepharim
Description:
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.

3. Reading from the scroll

Reading from the scroll
Description:
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.

4. Simcha Tora or Rejoicing for the Law

Simcha Tora or Rejoicing for the Law
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

5. שמחת תורה

שמחת תורה
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Color illustration of Simchat Torah by Ze'ev Raban. Originally published in Hagenu : sefer temunot / Our holidays (1928).

6. [Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague]

[Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague]
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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.