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A broken rose symbol appers on the matzevah of a person who died tragically young. The person name was Heinrich Hirsch, whose Hebrew name was Mose Hirsch HaKohen. He was born in 1855 and passed away in 1857, on the 6th of February.

The broken rose usually appears as a symbol of a life departed before time, on tombstones of children in both jewish and non-jewish cemeteries. With similar meaning, a broken tree could also appear on the tombstones.

The tombstone is located in the Mainz Jewish Cemetery, which is part of the Unesco World Heritage sites. Now I'm working on a new zine that will present this jewish heritage sites for all.

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@aguineapigcouldntdothis have you seen these piggies in a sukkah yet???

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Shavua Tov and Chag Sameach! The weather was good enough that we were able to finish our sukkah and eat in it!

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Sukkot. oil on canvas by Leopold Pilichowski, 1894/95. Leopold Pilichowski was a Polish Jew who studied art in Warsaw, then Munich, then Paris. His art primarily depicted Jewish people and Jewish life.

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Silver Torah Crown from Algeria or Tunisia, 1898/99 (date of inscription)

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This week, explained:

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Etrog container. made of copper alloy, inlaid with copper and silver. dated to early 20th century, from Syria. now belongs to the Jewish Museum.

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Shavua Tov and Chag Sameach! The weather was good enough that we were able to finish our sukkah and eat in it!

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Jews examining ritual slaughter rules, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (USSR), 1988

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Part of the stained glass window in the synagogue in Szeged, Hungary, 1982

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The jews after Jom Kippur

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g’mar tov

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did someone ask for yom kippur memes? no? too bad, you’re getting them anyway

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on this National Coming Out that happens to overlap with Yom Kippur, i want to wish the Jewish queer community an especially happy coming out day, and a meaningful and blessed holiest of days. you are loved and accepted, whether you’re out or not. <333

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