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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K70
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This marriage contract between Abraham [Abramo], son of the late Jonathan Judah Finzi, and his bride
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S7
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, second half of the 18th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ornamentation of the scroll: the whimsical imagery includes peasant figures in colorful local costume and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K68
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1748
    Language
    Hebrew
    • bridal couple mentioned in this marriage contract, Dona Sarah, daughter of Jacob Guttieres Pegna (Peña) and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B124
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    14th century, 15th century, [end of the 14th/first half of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This manuscript by Jacob ben Asher (son of the rabbi and codifier Asher ben Jehiel) contains one of the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K94
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1722
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Samuel Pesach, and Berakha Tova, daughter of R.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B242
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, [17th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Joseph (Juspa), shammes of Worms (1604-1678), recorded the everyday life, the rites and the customs of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This Esther scroll, which combines Indian and Western traditions in a unique way, contains twenty elaborately
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K37
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1668
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • hundred years this border adorned Sephardic ketubot produced in Hamburg, Bayonne, London, New York and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B318
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    1728
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Following convention, the title page shows Moses and Aaron.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B332
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1755
    Language
    Latin
    • Doctoral diplomas served as an entrance ticket for Jewish doctors into the modern society of nobles and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This eighteenth-century megillah was created in Lower Saxony and exemplifies a type of folk art decoration
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the 17th century, the Jewish community of Casale Monferrato had between 500 and 600 members.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K29
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1789
    Language
    Hebrew
    • made in one of the most important Jewish communities of Italy, the Adriatic seaport of Ancona, which also
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S2
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, scroll: Venice?, mid 18th century / case: Ioannina, Greece, second half of the 19th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This mid-eighteen century Italian Esther scroll was most likely printed and hand-colored in Venice.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Tefillah le-Moshe (Moses' Prayers) contains kavvanot for weekdays and the Shabbat.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1798
    Language
    Hebrew
    • this ketubah, which commemorates a wedding between two important families of the Roman ghetto, Toscano and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K96
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1759
    Language
    Hebrew
    • therefore have no relation to the bridal couple, Nathan Solomon, son of Jacob Samuel le-Veit Montel, and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S13
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1746
    Language
    Hebrew
    • arches are surmounted by a balustrade that supports flowering urns, blank medallions, floral scrollwork, and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B235
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Yiddish, Hebrew
    • The mystics of Safed in Upper Galilee turned Rosh Hodesh into a fast day and developed a liturgy based
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B253
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [around 1400]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This obviously much-used manuscript is in good overall condition; it is written in an elegant square and