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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Books and manuscripts

Bible (Tanakh)

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

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

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Festivals and ceremonies, Synagogue*

Calendar for counting the Omer (Sefirat HaOmer)

Late 18th-early 19th century

Oeuvre clé : Tronc à aumônes
Daily life, Festivals and ceremonies

Collection cup

Spain, 1319

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Contemporary art, Festivals and ceremonies

Dolls for the Festival of Lots (Purim)

Michel Nedjar (born 1947, Soisy-sous-Montmorency)

Paris, 2005

Rouleau d'Esther, Amsterdam, 1641
Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Esther scroll (megillat Ester)

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

Amsterdam, circa 1641

Oeuvre clé : Lampe de la Reconsécration
Festivals and ceremonies

Hanukkah Lamp (hanukkiyyah)

France, before 1394

Oeuvre clé : Nahmanide, Hiddoushei ha-Torah
Books and manuscripts

Hiddushei ha-Torah (New Commentaries on the Torah)

Moshe ben Nahman, known as Nachmanides (1194-1270)
Lisbon, 1489

soukkah restauree
Festivals and ceremonies

Hut for the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkah)

Austria or southern Germany, mid 19th century

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Festivals and ceremonies

Jewellery of a Jewish woman in Morocco

Diadem (taj), ear ornaments (khoras amara), bird medallion (serdokh), fibulas (tizerzaï)

Fez, Tangiers, Tétouan, late 18th – early 19th century

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Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701