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1. Fragment from a Torah mantle destroyed during Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 2015.204.2
Date:
found: 1938 November 10
2. Ritual slaughter instrument set: 3 knives, 3 cases, 2 whetstones, a bag, a band, and 4 cloths used by a shochet
1992.8.39_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.39 a-n
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
3. Striped tallit worn by two Hungarian rabbis
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.6 b
Date:
received: 1923 December 06
use: 1923 December 06-1952 March 29
4. Damaged Torah scroll used as kindling
Object | Accession Number: 1990.119.1
Date:
use: 1938 November
5. Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski
1992.8.23 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.23
Date:
use: 1910-1943
emigration: 1938
Title:
Megillat Ester
6. Mizrach, a sign designating the direction of Jerusalem, with a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.36 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.36
Date:
creation: 1928-1929
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Mizrach for my Wife
7. Calligraphy of a graveside Kaddish created by a sofer [scribe]
1992.8.35 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.35
Date:
creation: approximately 1930-1933
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Kaddish
8. Shofar saved by a German Jewish refugee
1993.22.2.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.22.2.1
Date:
emigration: 1938
9. Pair of batim from a set of tefillin rescued after Kristallnacht and recovered postwar
2004.576.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.576.1 a-b
Date:
use: before 1938 November 09
recovered: after 1945 May
10. Ritual slaughter knife with a wooden case used by a shochet
1992.8.33_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.33 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
11. Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski
1992.8.25 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.25
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
Title:
Megillat Ester
12. Brass Shabbat lamp and drip tray acquired by a German Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2018.356.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: after 1907 September 26-before 1939 March 15
13. Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski
1992.8.24_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.24
Date:
use: 1910-1943
emigration: 1938
Title:
Megillat Ester
14. Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.26
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
15. Brass Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.32 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.32
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
16. Embroidered yarmulke brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.2
Date:
use: 1901-1946
17. Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll with case given to Sol Oster
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.31 a-b
Date:
publication/distribution: 1936-1943
emigration: 1938
creation: 1936
Title:
Megillat Ester
Alternate Title:
Bible. OT. Esther
18. Burgundy velvet shofar cover with a floral border and tassels saved by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1993.22.2.2
Date:
emigration: 1938
19. Parokhet
Object | Accession Number: 1993.137.1 b
Date:
creation: 1938
20. White kittel used by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi on High Holidays
1990.245.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.14 a-b
Date:
use: 1922-1952