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Simḥat Torah Flag
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Flags like this, made of paper, decorated, and attached to a stick—sometimes with an apple and a small lit candle atop it—were commonly carried by children during Simḥat Torah celebrations. The…

Contributor:

S. M. Sochora

Places:

Bobruisk, Russian Empire (Babruysk, Belarus)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Art, Holidays, Simḥat Torah, Zionism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Print & Book Culture
Lithograph with Hebrew title, two portraits of men on either side of Hebrew text, and drawings of figures holding flags along the bottom.