EditorialSukkah decoration: a man in period costume carries lulav and etrog (a palm branch and lemon) to the synagogue to celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. From Buschwiller, France. Watercolour on paper, 45 x 28 cm.
EditorialMizrach (" East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or orientation for prayer, i. e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Alsace, France. mid-ninteenth. Watercolour on paper in wooden frame, 42 x ...
EditorialThe Fair Alsacien, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 17281815, Italian, active in Britain (176499), after Angelica Kauffmann RA, 17411807, Swiss, active in Britain (176681), 1779, Engraving.
EditorialPlate for the ceremony of Eruv Chatzerot. Each year before Passover, a matzah is placed in this plate and hung in the synagogue above the worshippers. From Jungholz, Germany, 1770. Carved and painted wood, 43 cm diameter.
EditorialSukkah decoration: a man in period costume carries lulav and etrog (a palm branch and lemon) to the synagogue to celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. From Buschwiller, France. Watercolour on paper, 45 x 28 cm.
EditorialMizrach (" East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or orientation for prayer, i. e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Alsace, France. mid-ninteenth. Watercolour on paper in wooden frame, 42 x ...