Translated title | Havdalah. Prayer, Ceremony, Commandment, Custom, Mysticism, Art |
Curator |
Michele Kleine. |
Imprint |
Ramat Gan, Israel, 2013. Booklet, 28 pp., illustrations: 38 col., 2 b&w, 21 × 14.8 cm. Hebrew. |
Location |
Bar Ilan University, Lieber Center for Jewish Art Exhibitions (30 April–1 September 2013) |
Description |
An exhibition of photographs showing illuminated manuscripts, artworks, and ritual objects that depict, evoke or facilitate the celebration of the havdalah ceremony. Brief texts introduce the havdalah ceremony, its textual sources, individual parts (wine, spices, candle), and related customs. No itemized listing. |
main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSGRAPHIC ARTSHAVDALAHHEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSJEWISH ART, CONTEMPORARY/MODERNPHOTOGRAPHS |
minor keywords |
Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)BesamimHaggadot, illuminated manuscriptsHavdalah candleholdersHavdalah cupsHavdalah platesHavdalah sets/compendiaHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 15th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Netherlands, 17th–19th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th CPaintings, Jewish customs & ceremoniesWoodcuts |