Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends. I've included some new Shanah Tova greeting cards from my collection. These were published somewhere around 1900-1920 by the Williamsburg Art Company. Each has the Hebrew inscription "L'Shana Tova Tikatavu" which roughly translates into "May you be inscribed in the Book of Life for a good year." The other wording on the postcards is in the Yiddish language, however I have translations for only a few of the over 100 different cards in my collection. Any Yiddish speakers out there want to translate?
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6 comments:
Interesting cards, the angel one is my favourite.
I don't read or speak my own 'first' language (French), so I'm no help whatsoever! I like the calligraphy, however.
Interesting cards and a Happy New Year 5772! Happy PFF!
I like the third postcard w/ the angel. Happy new year too!
These are fantastic postcards! Like Mr. Cachet said, the calligraphy is nice. The last postcard reminds me of a biblical story which I cannot remember now. Happy new year!!
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Nice collection. I also like the third one, though it was the star that attracted me.
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