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This Torah binder is one of the earliest examples from Italy. The binder (also known as a wimpel) was intended to accompany the male child through his lifetime, through the stages of his circumcision…
Contributor:
Honorata Foa
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Date:
1582/3
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This very early Torah ark curtain from Pesaro was embroidered by Rachel Olivetti and donated to the synagogue in honor of her marriage to Judah Montefiore. The Hebrew text is a poem celebrating and…
Contributor:
Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro
Places:
Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino (Pesaro, Italy)
Date:
1620
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This silver Torah crown from Padua, Italy, is decorated with images of the tablets of law, incense utensils, the ark of the covenant,
and the headdress of the high priest.
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
17th–18th Century