Sabbath and festival kiddush cup

Several biblical scenes are engraved on this magnificent golden cup: Jacob's struggle with the angel, Jacob's dream, and the binding of Isaac. The goblet was used for Kiddush (a ritual sanctification of the Sabbath over wine) in the home of the Speyers, a wealthy family in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt. It belonged to Michael Isaac Speyer, one of the leaders of the local Jewish community, who bequeathed it to the synagogue upon his death in 1764.

Credit: Received through JCR (Jewish Cultural Reconstruction)