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Polin museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland

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Tzedakah box, Syrian or Eretz Israel, early 20th century

damascened in silver and copper, with arches and strapwork enclosing Stars of David, rampant lions, seated deer and menorahs, the back with a view of Jerusalem

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An assortment of vintage tzedakah boxes

for various charities: ones in Bratislava and North Africa; a Jewish hospital in Turkey; the Yeshiva of Breslau in Israel; United Charity Institutions; three silver-painted with paper labels, from Spanish Morocco; two for the Jewish National Fund; the General Israel Orphans Home for Girls; the Knesseth Israel Inc.; another for the Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem

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Two Austrian wooden tzedakah boxes

one printed with a scene of the Western Wall, inscribed in Hebrew The Land of Israel / Western Wall / Rabbi Mair Ba'al na-Nes; the other printed with the globe backed by The Tablets and the night sky, and engraved Keren Hatorah.

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Tzedakah box of a women’s chevra kadisha

Altona, Germany, 1854

Pewter, silver-plated, engraved, and punched

Inscribed in Hebrew: "Righteousness [Charity] saves from death" [Proverbs 10:2]; and the names of the women in the society, as well as the name of the donor: "Peskha daughter of Rabbi Mikhel Wagner of blessed memory."

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Alms box of Jewish society for visiting the sick

Reggio, Italy, 1830, brass, engraved

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‘A Leg Up’, Tzedakah box

Tony Berlant

American, b. 1941

Santa Monica, California, United States

1998

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A rare German silver synagogue-form tzedakah box, maker’s mark BM possibly for Berthold Muller, Frankfurt, signed Heun Fec, circa 1907

quadrangular architectural form on ball feet, one side with a relief view of the Friedberger Anlage Synagogue, Hebrew and German inscriptions

height: 15.2 cm