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 depicting Jewish ritual objects, including tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzah, shofar, kiddush cup, tefillin, and Torah scroll. From Philologus hebræo-mixtus by Johannes Leusden, published Basileæ, apud E. & J.R. Thurnisios, fratres.
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 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 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.
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.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a festival meal. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Make the kiddush my child, light of my life - it's time / Chant it in a voice that's true / May you, my child, be a man among men / And also be a Jew."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "'…You have chosen us from among the nations' / And we extol and praise You / God, may the New Year / Increase and raise us up!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a festival meal. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Make the kiddush my child, light of my life - it's time / Chant it in a voice that's true / May you, my child, be a man among men / And also be a Jew."
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 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."
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."
Postcard depicting a festival meal. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Make the kiddush my child, light of my life - it's time / Chant it in a voice that's true / May you, my child, be a man among men / And also be a Jew."
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).
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of Kiddush. With text of Psalm 116:13 : "I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the ceremony of Kiddush. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "You have chosen us from among the nations / Of all people, God, you have placed us higher / You have given us holidays good and beautiful / I will lift the cup of wine for You."