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    Artist

  • Horovitz, Felix

    • Title

  • Silver Etrog container

  • Physical Description

    1 etrog container : silver ; 5 1/2" x 6", 14 cm x 15 cm

  • Date

    1910

  • Notes

    The base of the etrog contrainer has the following inscription on one side: Gewidmet Herrn Dr. Adolf Kober Stadt & Bezirksrabbiner. The other side of the base has the following inscription: Zur Erinnerung an Frau Rabbiner Dr. Silberstein 9. September 1910

    The bottom of the base is marked with German silver marks (800, half moon and crown) and the name Felix Horovitz.

  • Summary

    The silver etrog container is oval shaped on a base with flat sides, pressed and decorated with repoussé. The container is decorated with stylized palm fronds with a Star of David (Magen David) at the top. The inscription on the base is stamped in an Art Noveau style of font.

  • Subject

    Sukkot; Judaism, Customs and practices; Fasts and feasts, Judaism

  • Genre

    Etrog containers, 20th century

  • Medium

    Ceremonial objects

  • Part Of

    Adolf Kober Collection,, AR 7188

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Born in Beuthen (now Bytom, Poland) on September 3, 1879, Adolf Kober received his doctorate at the University of Breslau in 1903 and his rabbinical ordination from the Juedisches Teologisches Seminar, Breslau, in 1907. He was a rabbi in Wiesbaden from 1908 to 1918 and was chief rabbi in Cologne from 1918 to 1939. In 1939 he immigrated to the United States, where he died in New York City on December 30, 1958.

The medallist Felix Horovitz (1877-1928) was the son of Rabbi Dr. Markus Horovitz. Together with his brother Leo, Felix Horovitz opened a silver workshop in Frankfurt, producing primarily ceremonial objects for synagogues as well as for private clients.

Etrog is a yellow citron fruit. It is believed that the fruit of the etrog is “the fruit of a goodly tree” (Leviticus 23:40). This fruit is highly prized by observant Jews, specifically fruit that are unblemished, and is used for ceremonial purposes during the week-long holiday of Sukkot. Together with a lulav, hadass and aravah, the etrog is to be taken in each hand.

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Horovitz, Felix: Silver Etrog container, Leo Baeck Institute, 2022.55.