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Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)

Artist Unknown

1728

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Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.

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Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)

Subjects:

Prayer & liturgy

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Detail from Torah Ark Curtain, Elkana Schatz Naumberg.

Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Avshalom Avital.

Detail from Torah Crown, Artist Unknown.

Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Avshalom Avital.

Detail from Hanukkah Lamp, Artist Unknown.

Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, photo by DLW Photography. © 2021 by the Posen Foundation.

Detail from Torah Ark Curtain, Artist Unknown.

The H. Ephraim and Mordecai Benguiat Family Collection / The Jewish Museum, New York.

Detail from Torah Mantles, Artist Unknown.

Collection Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, MB00106. On loan from the Portuguese Jewish Community Amsterdam.

Detail from Torah Finials, Joseph Arvatz, Chaim Maman.

Torah finials donated by Chaim Maman in memory of Yamin Bitbol, son of Joseph Bitbol Morocco, late 19th century silversmiths: Joseph Arvatz, Chaim Maman. Silver: gilt, engraved, enameled. The Max Stern Collection of Yeshiva University Museum.