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11.06.2023 - 09:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It was discovered stashed inside a wall three years ago. Now it has finally given up its secrets.
A glass jar, with a wax seal unbroken, was found by builders carrying out construction work at a new wing for Manchester's Jewish Museum in 2020. It was a time capsule left when the building was beginning its first incarnation as the Sephardi Synagogue.
Now 12 months before the 150th anniversary of the Grade II* listed Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Cheetham Hill, it has been opened. Its contents will be the star exhibit at the anniversary celebrations, and will inspire the creation of new capsule for 2024.
The museum has prepared events, activities, and performances for all ages to discover more about the people, cultures and communities of Sephardi Manchester. They were ancestors of an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 Spanish Jews forced to convert to Catholicism or face expulsion in 1492. They dispersed to other European countries, including England, and the Middle East.
The museum’s curator and Deputy Chief, Alexandra Cropper, together with Conservation Officer from Manchester Central Library, Eugenie Karen, opened the time capsule which had been hidden deep in a wall cavern next to the Ark - the holy cupboard which houses the Torah Scrolls.
Early synagogue records show the capsule being laid behind the cornerstone of the original building on June 11 1873. Eugenie said: "Opening the time capsule was a rare treat, a whiff of Indiana Jones to live up the daily routine. The paper objects inside it were in remarkably good condition given their age and where they had been stored.
"I only had to undertake light repairs to strenghten and consolidate the manuscript where mold had weakened some areas. Properly stored, it will
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