Subject: Judaism--Customs and practices
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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.

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.