Masonry Blog – Page 35 – Skirball Cincinnati

Red Horse

B’nai B’rith, Special Collections Red Horse Nahum Tsachbasov (Russia 1899–1984 New York) New York, 1944 Oil on canvas, h. 14 11/16 x w. 11 7/16 in. B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.116 Born in Azerbaijan, Russia, Tschacbasov immigrated to the United States with his family in 1907 and grew up in the Chicago slums. He studied electrical [...]

Prayer Book

B’nai B’rith, Special Collections Prayer Book Prayer Book Probably Amsterdam, 18th century Cut out hammered silver; brass, cloth, h. 3.375 x w. 2.5 in. B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.360 Enclosed in his cover is an Ashkenazi Prayer Book (Polish Rite). The term Ashkenazi refers to Jews of central and eastern European ancestry. The prayer book was [...]

Hanukkiyah

Holidays and Festivals Hanukkiyah (Hanukkah Lamp) Central Europe, early nineteenth century Silver appliqué, h. 30 x w. 24 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Benjamin S. Katz, 27.74 Hanukkah is a postbiblical festival that recalls the deliverance of the Jews from the tyranny of the Syrian-Greek government in 165 BCE. This triumph is the first time in recorded [...]

Heaven and Earth: A Chuppah of Celebration (Wedding Canopy)

Life Cycle Heaven and Earth: A Chuppah of Celebration (Wedding Canopy) Corinne Soikin Strauss (b. New York 1946) United States, 1990 Painted silk, h. 72 x w. 72 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum purchase with funds provided by friends of Sue and Jerry Teller in honor of Sue’s birthday, 9.73 The Jewish wedding ceremony takes place beneath the chuppah, [...]

Ketubah (Marriage Contract)

Life Cycle Ketubah (Marriage Contract) Conegliano, Italy, 1728 Watercolor and ink on parchment, h. 29 x w. 21 ¼ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, formerly S. Kirschstein collection, 34.45 The ketubah, or marriage contract, is traditionally written in Aramaic, an ancient Semitic language related to Hebrew, Syriac, and Phoenician. The document stipulates the mutual marital pledges of husband and wife. Marriage is a [...]

Israel

Israel, Jewish Cincinnati Israel Moses Jacob Ezekiel (Richmond, VA 1844-1917 Rome, Italy) Rome, 1904 Bronze relief, h. 44 x w. 56 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, 67.62 Ezekiel, who fought as a Confederate cadet and graduated from Virginia Military Institute, entered the Medical College of Virginia in 1867 to study anatomy. After just one year of medical school, his [...]

Hasid Studying

Torah Hasid Studying Lazar Krestin (Lithuania 1868–1938 Vienna) Oil on canvas, h. 36 x w. 42 ¾ in. Lithuania, 1909 Cincinnati Skirball Museum; gift of Mrs. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, 41.82 The Jewish people are considered the People of the Book because they were bonded together by the Torah, or Five Books of Moses, throughout their years [...]

Havdalah Compendium

Holidays and Festivals, Israel Havdalah Compendium Rafi Landau (b. Israel 1954) Israel, 1992 Sterling silver, anodized aluminum, tray: diam. 8 in.; cup: h. 3 ½ in.; candle holder and spice container: h. (each) 2 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum; gift of Rosa Hable Flegenheimer Schwartz and David Miller Schwartz, 28.12a–d Shabbat, or the Sabbath, is the most important weekly [...]

Qumran Jar and Lid

Archaeology Qumran Jar and Lid Palestine, 100 BCE—100 CE Pottery, jar: h. 24 x dia. 16 in.; lid: h. 8 x dia. 10 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Jack and Audrey Skirball, a/869A-B The Dead Sea Scrolls are literary remains of the members of a Jewish sect who lived at Qumran, on the western shore [...]

Rimmonim (Torah Finials)

Jewish Cincinnati, Torah Rimmonim (Torah Finials) Andrew Messmer Cincinnati, 1899 Silver and semiprecious stones, h. (each 13 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift in honor of the eightieth birthday of Isaac Mayer Wise from his students, 47.10a/b The rollers of the Torah staves are decorated with finials called rimmonim, meaning pomegranates, a symbol of fertility. The idea of the [...]

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