Tefillin Bag of Leib Millman

Rachel Millman

1907

Velvet tefillin bag with embroidered date and a double-headed eagle.
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Creator Bio

Rachel Millman

1889–1969

Born Khaye Rokhl Kratshteyn to a traditional family in the Bessarabian village of Samashkan (today in Moldova), Rachel, as she came to be known, married Louis (Leyb bar Gedaliah) Millman in 1907, the same year she embroidered him this tefillin bag. In 1912, they moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with their two children. Rachel owned and managed a small corner grocery store while Louis worked as a window washer. They ultimately retired to Van Nuys, California.

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