This document provides descriptions of various Jewish artifacts related to holidays and life cycle events from the 15th-20th centuries. The artifacts include Hanukkah lamps, spice containers, Passover items, Purim scrolls, wedding dresses and jewelry, circumcision implements, ketubbot, and items used in burial preparation. The artifacts span regions of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa and illustrate the material culture of Jewish celebrations and rituals over several centuries.

1. CLASS15: HOLIDAYS & LIFE CYCLE
1. Star-shapedLamp,GermanLands,18 C. R. Candlesticks,England,18 C.
2. SabbathKiddushCup,GermanLands,18 C. R. Cupof Elijahor KiddushCupforPesach,
Bohemia,19 C.
3. Spice Container,Frankfurt,ca.1550 R. AustrianEmpire,early19C.
4. NewYear’sCard, Germany,½20 C. R, Scrimshaw New Year’sCard,Nome,Alaska,early20C.
5. Etrog Container,18th
C R. Etrog ContainerfromaSugar Box,Koenigsberg,Germany, 1841
6. DavidLuzzato,Kohelet,Trieste,ca.1775 R. SimhatTorah Flag,Eastern Europe,19C
7. HanukkkahLamp forthe Synagogue,E.Europe,19 C. R. JohannAdamBoller,HanukkahLamp,
Frankfurt,1710-20
8. RotgerHerfurth,“Frankfurt”HanukkahLamp,Frankfurt,ca. 1740 R. Caspar Birckenholtz,
TravelingHanukkahLamp,Frankfurt, ca.1680.
9. HanukkahLamp, E. Europe,19 C. R. Elaborate HanukkahLamp,E. Europe,19 C.
10. MegillatEsther,Morocco,18 C. R. Persia,18 C.
11. Salomd’Italia,MegillatEsther,Amsterdam,1641
12. Detail R. Sketchof Triumphal ArchFerdinandinAntwerp,mid17c.
13. MegillatEsther,NorthernItaly,1770’s
14. Grogger,Eastern Europe,19 C. R. Hitler& Haman,1933
15. MegillahCase,OttomanEmpire,18-19 C. R. Venice,18C. Below:TorahFinials,Venice,18 C.
16. DinnerPlate forSeder,HerendFactory,Hungary,early20 C. R. Teruel,Spain,14 C.
17. SederPlate, EasternEurope,18 C. R. Vienna,early19C.
18. Aaronof Gewitsch,LawsandPrayersfor Circumcision,the Grace AfterMeals,andMarriages,
Vienna,1738 R. Torah Curtainfora Bris, Mannheim, 1728/9
19. ElijahChairforSandek,BevisMarks,London,19 C. R Benchfor Circumcision,Prague,19C.
20. CircumcisionImplements
21. Keswael Kbira,Morocco, 19 C. Jacketfor a WeddingDress,Morocco, 19 C.
22. WeddingJewelryforaSephardi Bride,Morocco,19 C. R. for a JewishBride fromBerberarea,19
C.
23. JewishOttomanWeddingDresses,L.20 C. R. 19th
C.
24. Itemsforthe Mikveh,19 C.
25. Dress& Jewelryof aYemenite Bride,19-20 C .
26. Ketubbah,Ancona, 1772 R. Venice,1614
27. DeclarationforJewishFamily,Rome,18C. R. Ketubbah, Siena,1700
28. Isidore Baratta:Ketubbah,Livorno,1751 R. Crucifixionof S.Peter,Livorno,ca.1750
29. Wrappingthe Dead inthe Sickroom, Prague,ca.1750; Membersof HevraKaddisha leavingthe
Cemetery
30. Taharah, Preparationof the DeceasedforBurial R. Implementsof the HevraKaddisha,Prague,
18 C.
31. Beakerof the SocietyforVisitingthe Sick,Berlin,2nd
½18 C.;Beakerof the HevrahKaddishaof
Polin,Bohemai,1691
32. Weaver’sGuildCup,Bohemia,18C.