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." In this postcard, the head of the rooster used for kapparot is substituted with the face of Nicholas II of Russia.
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." In this postcard, the head of the rooster used for kapparot is substituted with the face of Nicholas II of Russia.
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 depicting the ceremony of kapparot. The following is recited during the ceremony : "This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement." In this postcard, the head of the rooster used for kapparot is substituted with the face of Nicholas II of Russia.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an excerpt of the prayer Aleinu : "For we bend the knee and offer worship and thanks before the supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He."
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 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 a Jewish marriage ceremony. Text excerpted from the Sheva Brachot : "Voices of joy and gladness, voices of groom and bride."
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 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 priestly blessing : "May the Lord bless you and guard you; May the Lord make His face shed light upon you and be gracious unto you; May the Lord lift up His face unto you and give you 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 depicting the ceremony of kapparot. The text from Job 33 is recited before the ritual : "Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom."
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 depicting a bar mitzvah lesson, including including the blessing for putting on tefillin : "Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and has commanded us regarding the commandment of tefillin."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a rabbi testing his student on the portion of the Bible learned during the week. Original illustration by Friedrich Kaskeline.
