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A Unique Seder: A Painting in Grisaille by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim at the Jewish Museum This image of the Passover Seder by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800-1882) was found in almost every German Jewish 19th century home as part of the immensely popular graphic albums called…

Pictures Of Traditional Jewish Family Life At The Jewish Museum For Moritz Oppenheim (1800-1882) the world had changed irreparably since his childhood in Hanau, Germany. He grew up in a devout home in the ghetto, traditionally schooled in heder and Talmud Torah until 1806, when…