About This Item

  • TitleCelebrating the end of the Sabbath
  • Call NumberHERZ_0653
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryHasidic girl on left holding candle with two wicks and man on right holding wine cup in right hand and two spice containers (bsomim) in left hand. they are celebrating Havdolah, the end of the Sabbath and the beginning of a new week; both are standing in room.
  • Date1966
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec., 1966; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectHasidim ; Judaism -- Customs and practices ; Sabbath
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.