Keter (Torah Crown)
Hammered silver with Hebrew letters
for the twelve tribes
20th Century
USA
Gift of Benjamin and Gertrude Harris
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Parochet (Ark Curtain)
Created by a Tapestry Guild Artisan
Silk thread on silk,
shimmering gold thread looted by the Nazis
1752
Salerno, Italy
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
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Torah Tik
Wood, velvet, silver, floral appliqués,
medallions and turquoise
19th century
Persia
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
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Rothschild Miscellany
Facsimile edition (London, 1989) of original (Italy, 1479)
Offset lithography on vegetable parchment, with gold-colored metal-leaf illumination with morocco goatskin and silver binding
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Silver Seder Tray
Three interior tiers for matzah
“Pesach, Matzah and Maror” inscribed on top
Four glass and silver wine cups for the Seder
One glass and silver wine cup for Elijah
19th century
Poland
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
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Hanukkiah (Hanukkah Menorah)
For a Synagogue
19th Century
Germany
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
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Hanukkiah (Hanukkah Menorah)
Silver Repoussé on Copper
Late 19th Century
Europe
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
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Gates of the Kol Ami Museum
Henri Nehemiah Azaz
b.1923, Germany
Israeli
Wrought iron doors representing
an alphabetical acrostic piyyut which is part of the morning recitation of the Shema
1962
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
(currently in storage)
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Miniature of European-style Synagogue
Created by Herman Kasindorf at age 82
1972 – 1973
USA
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tolin
(currently in storage)
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Young Rabbi from N., circa 1910
After Isidor Kaufmann (1853 – 1921), Austria
Copy after the original, currently at the
Tate Gallery, London
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
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