Shabbat Candles with Yud Flames Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal This work was inspired by these 18th century Polish Shabbat candlesticks.
Hanukkiah Lamp with Olives Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal This work was inspired by this hanukkiah, created to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Prague B’nai B’rith Lodge in [...]
Jazzy Shofar Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal This work was inspired by this 19th century shofar.
Matchbox for Lighting Juventino Lopez Reyes Hanukkiah Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal This work was inspired by Juventino Lopez Reyes' Hanukkiah.
Certified Kosher Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal This work was inspired by Stamp for Marking Kosher Meat.
Shofar Ram’s horn Central Europe, 19th century Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of Skirball Museum The shofar is an ancient musical horn that is blown in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and at the very end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Like [...]
Hanukkiah Juventino Lopez Reyes (b. 1915) Sterling silver Mexico, 1925 Gift of Dr. Carol Macht Skirball Museum Juventino Lopez Reyes is a well-known Mexican silversmith, highly sought after among silver collectors for his superb designs and quality workmanship. This hanukkiah, or Hanukkah menorah, is elegant in its simplicity. Triangular in form, it carries a [...]
Dreidel Metal alloy United States, mid-20th century Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Cyril Gross Skirball Museum A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top, played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet which together form the acronym for “a great miracle happened there,” [...]
Kiddush Cup Silver Germany, 1861 Gift of Mystic Seaport Inc. Skirball Museum This cup used for the blessing of wine on the weekly Sabbath or Shabbat is inscribed in Hebrew below the lip with these words from Exodus 19:8: “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” The Jewish calendar date of 5621 corresponds [...]
Tefillin Cases Silver Lemberg, Austria, ca. 1854 Hebrew inscription: For head; for hand; Isaac Meyer Segal Gift of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Organization Skirball Museum Tefillin, also called phylacteries, meaning “to guard, protect,” are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. They are worn by [...]
