Sephardic Journeys: Seder Ta’aniyot

The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history. 

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Seder Ta’aniyot (סדר תעניות)
Girard Yohan Yanson Uve-Vet Yisra’el Mondovi (Amsterdam, 1771)
Hebrew, Spanish

Beginning in the late 17th century, Amsterdam emerged as one of the most important sites for printing in the Western Hemisphere. Sephardim, who had originally come to the Netherlands as refugees from the Inquisition, were prominent players in this industry. Published between 1769 and 1771, a series of machzorim (festival prayer books) were produced to aid observance of the various fasts and feasts of the Jewish Year.

Gift of Rev. Salomon Vas Diaz

Sephardic Journeys is on view through June 2015 in The David Berg Rare Book Room. Sephardic Journeys has been supported by a generous grant from The David Berg Foundation and was created by the Center for Jewish History with American Sephardi Federation. 

To see other artifacts from Sephardic Journeys click here: http://16thstreet.tumblr.com/tagged/Sephardic-Journeys 

Sephardic Journeys is free and open to the public through June 30th. 

For more information click here: http://cjh.org/p/42