Purim. Hasidic women talking in front of a mechitza shielding celebrating men, Me'a She'arim, Jerusalem

Traczewska, Agnieszka (1969-)

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Contemporary Hasidic Jews through the lens of Agnieszka Traczewska
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The photograph shows women standing behind a partition called mechitza (lit. separation, Hebrew: מחיצה), observing through this openwork curtain the men celebrating Purim. This is linked to the mandate to separate men and women observed among Orthodox communities - even during festive prayers in the synagogue, men and women pray separately, with the latter praying in so-called ezrat nashim (Yiddish: weibershul). The openwork partition between the rooms, however, gives a glimpse of what is happening on the other side.

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Information about the object
Author/creator
Traczewska, Agnieszka (1969-)
Object type
photography
Time of creation/dating
2022
Place of creation
Jerusalem (Israel)
Technique
colour photograph
Material
photographic print paper
Keywords
photography (art.)
Copyrights status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M1522
Localization
The object is not currently on display
The purchase of work for the POLIN Museum's collection was subsidized by funds from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.