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Kindersuite [Illustrated Children's Sheet Music]
Joseph Achron (1886-1943) and Sergey Yurievich Sudeikin (1882-1946)
Piano, Only Edition. 28 p.

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Shire Yeladim (Songs for Children)
Illustrations by Leonid Pasternack
1924, 24 p.
Only Edition, one of 6 copies

 

Framed Shivviti Plaque Morocco? Late 19th or early 20th century? Black, gold, and green designs and calligraphy on brown paper, including gilded floral designs in borders, verses from Psalms, menorahs, hamsas and other symbols. Center menorah contains Psalm 67. The rectangles on each side of the menorah contain kabbalistic symbols representing Adam, Eve, and Lilith. Below the menorah are images of implements used in the Temple. On the bottom, within the gilded frame, is a curious saying stating, "Our sages said: Whoever says the Psalm ’La-menatse’ah ba-neginot’ (Psalm 67), [contained] in the shape of the menorah, is guaranteed a place in the world to come." The name Reuven Amar appears below.

 

Shivviti Plaque, Morocco? Decorative calligraphy and borders in black and brown ink on heavyweight paper. Includes verses and names, including Elijah the Prophet, Shimon bar Yohai, Meir Baal ha-Nes, R. Amram ben Divan (d. 1782; a rabbi from Hebron who forged close ties with Moroccan Jews and was buried in Morocco), and R. Yehudah Gebali (?). This shiviti may have been created as a gift in honor of a marriage, since several of the sayings in the diamond shaped cartouches generally appear in ketubot (wedding contracts). Also, below the menorah there is a dedicatory statement, stating that the shiviti is a gift to Masud Bevinas (?).

 

Illuminated Ketubah from Tetuan, Morocco, 1891 Ketubah on parchment. Aramaic text bordered by columns, arch, hands, and leaf patterns painted in red, green, brown and black. Purchased from Moshe Rosenfeld, together with collection of manuscripts from Morocco, which will be added to the North African Jewish Manuscript Collection.

 

 

ha-Bimah : sheloshim u-shetayim temunot
Berlin, 1928: 32 photos of the original ha-Bimah theater company, the first theater group to perform in Hebrew. Today, the ha-Bimah is Israel's national theater.

These are scenes from the play "The Dybbuk."

 

 

Di geshikhṭe der Yehudim (The History of the Jews)
by David Ottensoser: Furth, 1821-25

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Shivviti plaque for Purim

[Morocco (?): s.n., late 19th or early 20th cent.]Shivviti plaque using the traditional appearance and texts of a shivviti tablet, including Psalm 16:8, "I have set [Heb. shivviti] God always before me," and Psalm 67, but mainly containing texts relating to the festival of Purim. These texts include short poems relating to the festival, and the special bessings for the day and for reading the Megilah of Esther. The center column on the bottom concludes with the statement, "I have wriiten for my friend, the light of my eyes, Haviv ben Aziz." The text is surrounded by borders which consist of colored geometric and floral decorations. On paper.

 

Mishnah Study Group Membership list

Deva, 1852 or 1853. Hand-written list on heavy paper of the members of the Ḥevrah Mishnayot, the Mishnah study group of the synagogue of Deva, or Bacia, Romania. The Mishnah is the earliest collection of rabbinic teaching and was redacted by Rabbi Judah the Prince in the third century. The names of the six orders of the Mishnah frame the list. Each name is illuminated with symbols that relate to the subject matter of the order, except for the first order, Zeraim, which has illumination only. The names and illuminations are written within a large stencilled shape of the two tablets of the law.

 

Shivviti plaque from Bricheva, Moldavia

Published in Briṭshiṿa (Moldavia) in 1866 or 1867. Shivviti plaque with elaborate geometric patterns, representational designs and calligraphy in sepia ink on heavyweight paper. Contains traditional verses, including Psalm 67 written in the shape of a seven-branched candelabrum, a depiction of the Ten Commandments, and kabbalistic inscriptions. Two side columns contain statements in poetic rhyme that since life is short, one should repent before death. On the right side of the plaque there is an acknowledgement of the donors of the synagogue podium, the brothers Tsevi Dov and Shalom Kahana, in memory of their father, Naḥman, and mother, Hinda. On the left side of the plaque, an inscription gives the name of the artist/calligrapher (?), Mosheh Sofer. At the bottom of the page, in a semi-circle at the foot of the menorah, is a statement that the shivviti was done by "ha-mishtadel," Joseph Greenberg of Bricheva.

 

Shivviti plaque

Germany or Poland? 19th century? In this shivviti plaque, passages in circular form related to strengthening the piety of the worshipper frame a large six-pointed star. The Tetragrammaton is in the center of the star and is indeed the focal point of the plaque. The outside border of the plaque consists of passages from the prayer book relating to the importance of good deeds.

 

Rabbinic emissary document from Hebron, 1925

Certificate issued by rabbis in the land of Israel authorizing emissaries to collect funds on their behalf in the Diaspora. A large letter on parchment, which appears to be more like a plaque to be hung on a wall. The calligraphy is beautifully executed, indicating that the document was probably written by a professional scribe. The document bears the signatures and official stamps of several rabbis of the city of Hebron. The letter is addressed to rabbis and leaders of the large centers of Jewish settlement in Morocco: Fez, Meknes, Marrakesh, Tetuan, among others. The text lists the causes and the institutions seeking funds. Each paragraph begins with the word "Bet" (house) and ends with the word "Avot" (fathers), reminding the reader that the patriarchs are buried in the city of Hebron.

 

Ketubah from Philadelphia, 1882

Marriage contract of the groom, Moses Stern, and the bride, Carrie Kaufman. The traditional text is framed by an illuminated mat, which may have been added later. Its art and style appear to follow forms of American folk-art with designs reminiscent of the patterns on cross-stitch samplers. Philadelphia is written at the top of the mat underneath an image of the bride and groom under a wedding canopy, with the Hebrew and Gregorian years of the marriage written on either side. The names of the bride and groom are written at the bottom of the mat. A floral vine motif completes the rest of the frame.