Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting cherubs holding a book inscribed with an excerpt of a prayer that is part of the liturgy during the Ten Days of Repentance. The text reads : "In the book of life, blessing, peace and good sustenance may we be remembered and inscribed before Thee, we and all Thy people the house of Israel, for a happy life and for peace."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an inset landscape beneath a book inscribed with an excerpt of a prayer that is part of the liturgy during the Ten Days of Repentance. The text reads : "In the book of life, blessing, peace and good sustenance may be inscribed before Thee, we and all Thy people, the house of Israel, for a happy life and peace."
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."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with the date Tischri 1, the date of Rosh Hashanah, flanked by lions. Beneath, text of a prayer said between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur : "Avinu Malkeinu, kotveinu b'sefer chaim tovim." ("Our Father, Our King, write us into the book of good life.”)
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."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with the date Tischri 1, the date of Rosh Hashanah, flanked by lions. Beneath, text of a prayer said between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur : "Avinu Malkeinu, kotveinu b'sefer chaim tovim." ("Our Father, Our King, write us into the book of good life.”)
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an illustration of Yom Kippur in a synagogue on New York's Lower East Side. Illustration originally published with the article "In the New York Ghetto" by Katherine Hoffman, Munsey's Magazine.
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."
