The white parokhet is made of satin (it is restored, and the original seems to have been velvet). The parokhet is rectangular, and has a matching kaporet. In the parokhet's center, two columns rise over rectangular pedestals with a star motif. The capitals are surmounted by rampant crowned lions~ facing Tables of the Covenant, surmounted by a Torah^crown~. The lions~' crowns are embroidered in metallic, blue, and purple thread. The Torah crown is couched in metal thread and appliqued with blue and turquoise velvet. The Tables^of^the^Covenant~ are appliqued in turquoise velvet, in the center of a starburst pattern couched in metallic thread. The ten commandments are couched on the tablets. An inscription appears under the Torah crown:
"כ ת"
Translation: Crown of Torah"(int.)
An inscription appears above the Torah^crown~:
"אבינו מלכנו פתח שערי שמים לתפלתנו" )תפילת שחרית לעשי"ת וימי צום
Translation: Our father, our king, open the gates of heaven to our prayers" (From the morning prayers for the ten days of repentance and fast days)
A dedicatory inscrption is couched in the center, beneath the columns:
"זנ )זאת נדבת( האשה הצנועה והחסודה מ##חיישרה אשת המנוח כ'ה )כבוד הרב( ישראל יהודה##האפמייסטער ז"ל בק"ק האלאש##בשנת ז'ה' ה'ש'ער' ל'ה' לפק"
Translation: This was dedicated (int.) by the modest and gracious woman Mrs.##Haiah Sarah, wife of the deceased honourable Rabbi(int.) Yisrael Yehudah / Hoffmeister, of blessed memory (int.) in the holy community (int.) Halash / in the year 'This is the gateway to G-d' (5)622=(1862)
The entire central section is enclosed in a rectangular border of geometric design, couched. In each of the bottom corners of this rectangle, there appears a single, couched star. The parokhet is bordered with an industrial ribbon. The matching kaporet is decorated with a metallic and yellow fringe on the bottom and a geometric, couched border on the top and sides. Only a few letters of the inscription remain:
"ת בח ש בכ לי ח כי ח לי ה מ לאל"