Mizrach

Mizrach

  • Place of origin:Jerusalem
  • Date:Late 1870s
  • Materials and equipment:Letterpress on paper
  • Size:52.5 х 38.2
  • Topic:
    Mizrachs
Mizrach. Jerusalem. Late 1870s. Letterpress on paper. 52.5 х 38.2. Hebrew and Yiddish. Depicts the Western Wall and other holy places in Jerusalem. The lower section contains a letter by Rabbi Shimon Deutsch (d. 1878) soliciting charitable donations to facilitate the arrangement of marriages between yeshivah students and poor brides. The seal of Rabbi Shimon Deutsch (?) appears as a tree with a ladder to heaven.