Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a kiddush cup between two candles. Text below is excerpted from the Union Prayer Book : "May the Sabbath cup be to us a cup of salvation, which we lift up calling upon the name of the Lord. And as this weekly day of rest and worship enjoined by Thy law has brought blessing to many nations, may it at last unite all men in a covenant of peace and holy fellowship."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a kiddush cup between two candles. Text below is excerpted from the Union Prayer Book : "May the Sabbath cup be to us a cup of salvation, which we lift up calling upon the name of the Lord. And as this weekly day of rest and worship enjoined by Thy law has brought blessing to many nations, may it at last unite all men in a covenant of peace and holy fellowship."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an eternal light (ner tamid) in the center. Text beneath reads : "For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light."
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."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the candles and kiddush cup used in the ceremony of Havdalah. Text at the top of the postcard reads : "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid."
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving of the interior of the former location of Temple Beth-El in New York, on the occasion of its consecration. Original engraving by John W. Evans after a drawing by Gilbert Gaul. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the former location of Temple Beth-El in New York, on the occasion of its consecration. Original engraving by John W. Evans after a drawing by Gilbert Gaul. From the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white engraving depicting lighting the Sabbath lamp. From Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, geographique et litteral de la Bible, Volume 3, by Augustin Calmet, published Paris: Emery, Saugrain, & Pierre Martin.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Jewish ritual objects. 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 Sabbath at home and in the synagogue. Engraving by Johann Georg Puschner. From Jüdisches Ceremoniel, first published by Paul Christian Kirchner in 1717, edited and reissued by the Christian Hebraist Sebastian Jugendres in 1724, published Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath.
Black-and-white engraving with three scenes: a Jewish circumcision (at left), Moses and The Ten Commandments (center), and lighting the Sabbath lamp (right). Engraving by François Morellon La Cave. From Naaukeurige beschryving der uitwendige godtsdienst-plichten, kerk-zeden en gewoontens van alle volkeren der waereldt, Volume 1, by Bernard Picart, translated by Abraham Moubach, published: Rotterdam, Amsterdam & Den Haag: Uytwerf, Beman en Van der Kloot, 1727-38.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "How clean the house is. Mother lights the candle / And pours out her heart for the Creator / Father's face radiates joy / And he is mefalpel in Torah."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Grandfather goes away to shul / Mother lights the candles with tears / 'God in heaven, May you with joy / Bring us the New Year!'"
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg with a Yiddish poem : "In merit of the candle that I light here now / In merit of the holy fire / Be gracious to me, God, with my husband, with the children / Illuminate and shine upon us this New Year!"
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.
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. The text is excerpted from the blessing over the Havdalah candle : "Who creates the lights of the fire."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. The postcard includes the text of a piyyut sung after the ceremony : " Who distinguishes between sacred and profane / May He forgive our iniquities / Our children and our fortunes shall multiply like the sand / And the stars of the night."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an eternal light (ner tamid) in the center. Text beneath reads : "For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light."
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."
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