Torah Ark Curtain (Prague)
Made in Prague, this Torah ark curtain is exquisitely ornamented with embroidery of silk, silk velvet, and metallic thread. Set against a vivid red background, its borders and central panel are decorated with elaborate designs. The Hebrew inscription announces that the curtain was the gift of Yitsḥak Kohen Popers, son of the cantor Lipman Popers and his wife Temerl, daughter of Hirsch Perlhefter, to celebrate “the work of her hands.”
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With permission of the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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