Subject: Judaism--Customs and practices

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Roxbury Mutual Society Tin Charity Box Roxbury Mutual Society Tin Charity Box

Tin charity box painted black and gilded with "Roxbury Mutual Society" in English and Hebrew. The box is from the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, and is similar in form to European charity boxes. The Roxbury Mutual Society was founded in 1892.

Synagogue Service Regulations Manuscript: Suriname, 1860-1862 Synagogue Service Regulations Manuscript: Suriname, 1860-1862

Handwritten manuscript containing regulations (Minhagim) for synagogue services. The manuscript, written in Dutch and partly in Hebrew, includes miniature manuscripts for the Chazan (cantor). Created in Suriname between 1860 and 1862.