Key works

Discover the richness of the mahJ’s collection through a selection of major works, representative of the diversity of artistic expressions related to Jewish history and culture.

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Synagogue*

Wimpel (mappah)

Alsace or Germany, 1752

Bagues de mariage

Festivals and ceremonies

Wedding rings

Germany and Italy, 16^th-17^th centuries

Vue de la synagogue ashkénaze et de la synagogue portugaise à Amsterdam

History, Fine arts

View of the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Synagogues in Amsterdam

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (Haarlem, 1638–Haarlem, 1698)

Amsterdam, 1682

Arche sainte miniature (aron qodesh)

Synagogue*, History

Torah Ark (Aron Kodesh)

Vienna, 1707

Boite-a-aromates-avec -chandelier.jpg

Daily life

Spice box (bessamim) and candelabrum

Eastern France or Germany, late 18^th or early 19^th century

Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Ritual for the Passover Seder (Haggadah shel Pessah)

Anonymous

Germany, 1731

Oeuvre clé : Poèmes liturgiques, piyyoutim

Books and manuscripts

Liturgical poems for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Northern Spain, 15^th century

Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701

Oeuvre clé : Lampe de la Reconsécration

Festivals and ceremonies

Hanukkah Lamp (hanukkiyyah)

France, before 1394

Oeuvre clé : Stèle funéraire, 1281

History

Funerary stele

Paris, 1281