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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(-) Modern

Synagogue*

Wimpel (mappah)

Alsace or Germany, 1752

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

Synagogue*, History

Torah Ark (Aron Kodesh)

Vienna, 1707

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

Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701

Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Esther scroll (megillat Ester)

Attributed to Shalom Italia (Mantua, circa 1619 – Amsterdam, circa 1655)

Amsterdam, circa 1641

Calendrier-pour-le-decompte-de-l’’Omer.jpg

Festivals and ceremonies, Synagogue*

Calendar for counting the Omer (Sefirat HaOmer)

Late 18^th-early 19^th century

Books and manuscripts

Bible (Tanakh)

Romeyn de Hooghe (illustrations; Amsterdam, 1645 – Haarlem, 1708)

Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, 1631; engravings incorporated after 1712