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✡︎ queen of shabbat moodboard ✡︎

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shabbat shalom to all my jews btw!

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Praying in front of the Ark of the Law in a synagogue in Ankara, Turkey, 1964.

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while im gushing abt north african & jewish art, here are some sephardic/mizrahi illustrated manuscripts that i am completely obsessed with *___* found these on pinterest and thru sum magrebi jewish archives

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Some blue Seder plates

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Sephardi & Romaniote Jewish Women's Clothing in the Byzantine and Ottoman Periods, illustrated by Nikos Stavroulakis

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shir hama'alot, the song of ascension, psalm 126, jewish papercut by david fisher, 2023. details:

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Esther scroll from Italy, 17th century.

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Silver binding for an Esther scroll. Italy, 18th century.

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Purim Graggers 🎉

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I have a small collection of siddurs, but this one of the most precious gifts I've ever been given. Hungarian siddur that survived the book burnings. It's in rough shape but it's still here and that brings me joy.

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Samuel Mirsky, Bagel Seller, 1925. Oil on canvas.

Photo: 1st Dibs

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Antique Jewish Folk Chest, Eastern Europe 

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seeing old photos of jewish people from communities around the world and knowing almost all these communities do not exist anymore at least in some capacity is a common jewish experience but jesus fucking christ man. what a fucking pattern

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Tallit from Tafilalet, Morocco. Early 20th century, cotton and silk.

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Yefim Ladyzhensky, The Town of My Childhood: Synagogue, 1975

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Amazigh, Jewish and Andalusian Moroccan Diadems and Headdresses | Taj Maghrebi 

Tafraout, early 20th century

19th century

18th century

18th century

Fes, early 20th century

Anti Atlas, 19th century

Early 20th century

Fes, early 20th century

Fes, early 20th century

Rabat, 19th century

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Hanukkah lamp, 1950, Mazagan, Morocco.