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Shnoder box, book or sign

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A box, book or display used to record donations made to the community on the Sabbath and festivals.

Translations

  • Hebrewספר, שלט, קופסת תורמים
  • GermanSchnoder-Büchse, Buch oder Anzeige
  • RussianСистема учета пожертвований
  • FrenchBoîte, livret ou panneau de Shnoder (dons)
  • DutchSjnoderdoos, -boek of -object
  • ItalianScatola, libro e cartello per lo Shnoder
  • CzechKniha k zaznamenání příslibů darů
  • HungarianSnóderkönyv
  • SpanishRegistro de donaciones
  • GreekΚουτί, βιβλίο ή πινακίδα για Σνόντερ
  • PolishSznoder – kaseta, książka lub tablica
  • Arabicصندوق أو كتاب أو لوح
  • Yiddishשנאָדער
  • LadinoKuti, livro o sinyal para anotar donasyones ala sinagoga

Bibliography

Bányai, Viktória, and Szonja Ráhel Komoróczy. “Synagogue Objects Related to Charity on Shabbat: Shnoder-Signs and Shnoder-Books in the Hungarian Lands.” Arts 9, no. 2, 21 May 2020 p.63.

Image information

Prešov, 1846. Bookbinders: cardboard and canvas, refined machine paper, green fabric tape, gilding, ink, calligraphy, print. H: 31cm, W: 54cm, D: 4cm. Collection Jewish Community of Prešov, Slovakia. Photo: Jewish Heritage Foundation – Menorah, Bratislava.

Eastern Slovakia, ca. 1900. Metal, wood, paper. H: 57,5 cm. W: 33,5 cm. D: 2,5 cm. Collection Jewish Community of Prešov, Slovakia. Photo: Jewish Heritage Foundation – Menorah, Bratislava.

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