EditorialSteven Bergman with a kiddush cup that was taken from his father’s Munich home in 1938 and then returned this year by the Bavarian National Museum, at home in Silver Spring, Md., April 6, 2023. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialLeft: lamp for the festival of Lights (Hanukkah). Late 19th century. Brass and glass. From Djerba (Tunisia). Center: perfumer for the Habdalah ceremony. 19th-20th centuries. Silver and ivory, inscriptions in Hebrew. From Central Europe. Right: Kiddush ...
EditorialMatzah-bag for Passover-as in Shabbat dinners, the matzot are covered during the Kiddush, the blessing of the wine. Blessings and the name of the maker, Pauline Rosenberg, are embroidered on the front. From Romania. Wool on textile,35,5 x 35,5 cm.
EditorialKiddush cup, 1832-silver Hebrew inscription: " This belongs to the synagogue. It is a present from our teacher the rabbi Ataiel Brill. " From Hermannstadt (Sibiu), Romania.
EditorialSampler, Faiber Edel, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Long white linen towel embroidered in red and blue with prayers for Rosh Hoshonna and other holidays, and the order of Seder in squares. In Hebrew....
EditorialChallah cover-on Shabbat, loaves of flat bread are covered with a special cloth during the " kiddush", the blessing of the wine which precedes the family dinner. From Germany, needlepoint,66 x 54,5 cm.
EditorialChallah cover-on Shabbat, loaves of flat bread are covered with a special cloth during the " kiddush", the blessing of the wine which precedes the family dinner. From Germany, needlepoint,66 x 54,5 cm.