A Boy's Bar Mitzvah Coat from Bukhara

This fringe from Kuntillet Ajrud, knotted from undyed linen threads, could be the fringe (tzitzit) that Israelites are commanded to wear on the corners of their garments, as indicated in Numbers 15:37…

Again the herd throngs the village gateways and dust rises up from the dirt roads. And farther still a pair of clappers keep pace with the lengthening shadows. Evening descends, evening descends. A…