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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1655
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Evert van Heerdan
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1679
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Pieter van Hoven
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1696
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This wooden tevah—a stand or reader’s platform used for supporting Torah scrolls—was made and used in Yemen. It was the practice in Yemen for boys to become active participants in synagogue services…
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18th Century
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This partially gilt-silver Torah crown from Poland is studded with semi-precious stones. Its two-tiered base is typical of Torah crowns from Eastern Europe. It is inscribed in Hebrew with the words,…
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1729
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These Torah mantles, thought to be created in the Netherlands, are embroidered and have fringed borders. The mantle on the right is sumptuously adorned with brightly colored flowers, along with panels…
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1735–1737
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Torah finials are a pair of ornaments used to decorate the upper ends of the rollers on which the Torah scroll is wound. The Hebrew term rimonim, which means “pomegranates,” references the…
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Myer Myers
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Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies
(Philadelphia, United States of America)
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1776
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Artist Unknown
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Gördes, Ottoman Empire
(Gördes, Turkey)
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Late 18th–Early 19th Century
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Angora, Ottoman Empire
(Ankara, Turkey)
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1826
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1864