1181. HANUKKAH LAMPS FROM NORTH AFRICA AND NEAR EAST

1183. TORAH SCROLL DECORATIONS FROM ITALY; CROWN,

1380. ILLUMINATED ESTHER SCROLL, ( READ DURING THE FEAST OF PURIM) ITALY, 1620

2002. JEWISH, MEDIEVAL AMULETS, INTENDED TO PROTECT A PERSON OR HIS HOUSE FROM EVIL SPIRITS, AND BRING GOOD HEALTH AND LUCK

2002. JEWISH, MEDIEVAL AMULETS, INTENDED TO PROTECT A PERSON OR HIS HOUSE FROM EVIL SPIRITS, AND BRING GOOD HEALTH AND LUCK

2002. JEWISH, MEDIEVAL AMULETS, INTENDED TO PROTECT A PERSON OR HIS HOUSE FROM EVIL SPIRITS, AND BRING GOOD HEALTH AND LUCK

2002. JEWISH, MEDIEVAL AMULETS, INTENDED TO PROTECT A PERSON OR HIS HOUSE FROM EVIL SPIRITS, AND BRING GOOD HEALTH AND LUCK

2072. PORCELAIN SEDER PLATE, 19TH. C. EASTERN POLAND

2393. THE OLDEST TORAH SCROLL IN IT’S DECORATED SILVER CASING, WAS WRITTEN BY RABBI ABUHAB IN THE 16TH. C. BECAUSE OF IT’S HOLYNES ‘ THE SCROLL IS TAKEN OUT OF THE ARK ONLY THREE TIMES A YEAR, ON ROSH HASHANA, YOM KIPPUR AND EREV SHAVUOTH safed, tsfat

2509. ABRAHAM SACRIFICES ISAAK – ENGRAVED SILVER-PLATED TRAY USED FOR REDEMPTION CEREMONY WITH THE SYMBOLS OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL. CENTRAL EUROPE, 19TH C.

2632. TALLITH – PRAYER SHAWL WORN BY JEWISH MALES DURING PRAYER AND IN THE SYNAGOGUE. WEARING THE TALLIT COMPLIES WITH THE BIBLICAL PERCEPT TO MAKE FRINGES ON FOUR CORNERS OF THE GARMENT, NUM 15:37-41, DEUT 22:12

2702. SILVER TORAH SHIELD DECORATED WITH THE TRADITIONAL SYMBOLIC SHAPE OF THE ‘TEN COMANDMENTS’ , CENTRAL EUROPE, 19TH. C.

2703. TORAH SCROLL CASE DECORATED WITH THE TRADITIONAL SYMBOLIC SHAPE OF THE ‘TEN COMANDMENTS’, EGYPT, 19TH. C.

2777. HAND PAINTED, WOODEN TORAH CASE FROM YEMEN, 19TH. C

2777. HAND PAINTED, WOODEN TORAH CASE FROM YEMEN, 19TH. C

2855. HANUKKAH LIGHT CANDELABRA, USED FOR KINDLING OF LIGHTS COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESSFUL MACABEAN REVOLT BY LIGHTING AN ADDITIONAL CANDLE (OR VICK) EACH OF THE 8 DAYS OF THE FEAST. STONE CARVED HANUKKA LAMPS

2910. TZIZITH – GARMENT WITH FRINGES OR TASSEL ON IT’S FOUR CORNERS WORN BY JEWISH MALES OF ALL AGES. WEARING OF SUCH RITUAL FRINGES COMPLIES WITH THE PERCEPT OF THE TORAH TO MAKE THEM A PERPERUAL SIGN ON CLOTHING

2923. PAROCHET, THE CURTAIN COVERING THE ARK IN A SYNAGOGUE. THE TWO PILLARS REPRESENT THE PILARS; JOACHIN AND BOAZ, WHICH STOOD AT THE ENTRANCE VESTIBULE OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE. THE CENRAL THEME REPRESENTS THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC. THE VELVET, GOLD EMBROIDERED PAROCHET IS FROM POLAND 19TH.C.,

2923. PAROCHET – ORNAMENTAL COURTAIN ADORNING THE ARK IN THE SYNAGOGUE. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA

2931. NEW YEARS CARDS. IT IS A CUSTOM TO SEND THESE CARDS TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES

3039. “SHOFAR” – THE CEREMONIAL TRUMPET MADE OF RAM’S HORN SYMBOLIZING THE PROMISE GOD GAVE ABRAHAM ON MT MORIAH WHEN HE SENT HIM A RAM TO SACRIFICE INSTEAD OF ISAAC. JEWS BLOW THE HORN IN DIFFERENT CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS, ESPECIALLY ON THE NEW YEAR (ROSH HA’SHANA)

3039. “SHOFAR” – THE CEREMONIAL TRUMPET MADE OF RAM’S HORN SYMBOLIZING THE PROMISE GOD GAVE ABRAHAM ON MT MORIAH WHEN HE SENT HIM A RAM TO SACRIFICE INSTEAD OF ISAAC. JEWS BLOW THE HORN IN DIFFERENT CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS, ESPECIALLY ON THE NEW YEAR (ROSH HA’SHANA)

3091. MEZUZAH PARCHMENT SCROLL IN IT’S DECORATED CASE, ATTACHED TO THE DOORPOST OF A JEWISH HOME. THE SCROLL CONTAINS THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THE ‘SHEMA’ PRAYER WHICH MENTIONS THE PERCEPT TO Write them upon the doorpost of thy house and upon thy gates’

3091. MEZUZAH PARCHMENT SCROLL IN IT’S DECORATED CASE, ATTACHED TO THE DOORPOST OF A JEWISH HOME. THE SCROLL CONTAINS THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THE “SHEMA” PRAYER WHICH MENTIONS THE PERCEPT TO “Write them upon the doorpost of thy house and upon thy gates”

3696. HAND PAINTED SEDER PLATE FROM POLAND, 19TH. C.

3698. “ELIAH’S CHAIR” USED IN THE CIRCUMCISSION CEREMONY,EGYPT, 19TH. C.

3777. SPICE BOX OR TOWER – SILVER MADE CONTAINER FOR SPICES USED FOR THE

3777. SPICE BOX OR TOWER – SILVER MADE CONTAINER FOR SPICES USED FOR THE

3777. SPICE BOX OR TOWER – SILVER MADE CONTAINER FOR SPICES USED FOR THE

3778. SILVER MADE, ENGRAVED CONTAINERS FOR HEAD AND ARM TEFILIN

3892. PURIM NOISE MAKER,

4071. COLLECTION OF HANUKKAH LAMPS AND ‘DREIDLS’ – SPINNING TOPS. From left: NORTH AFRICA, POLAND AND YEMENITE ‘HANUKKIAH’

4074. SILVER DECORATED HANUKKAH LIGHT FROM CENTRAL EUROPE, 19TH. C.

4104. OMER CALENDAR COUNTER AND PRAYER. THE 49 DAYS BETWEEN PESSAH AND SHAVUOT ARE CALLED ‘ THE ?AYS OF OMER’ DURING WHICH SPECIAL BLESSINGS AND PRAYERS ARE RECITED FOR THE GOOD HARVEST OF GRAINS