Img. ID: 255814
  Sacred and Ritual  

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The brown (?) velvet Torah mantle is composed of a cloak and a top.

The cylindrical cloth cloak is made of three pieces attached to the top and sides, and opens in the front. The back of the cloak is decorated by a central rosette encircled by a branch of leaves. The background is depicted by floral patterns in an arch-shaped frame. The front of the cloak is decorated symmetrically with floral patterns arranged vertically, and set in an arch-shaped frame. Inscriptions appear above the decoration, embroidered in outline letters and read:

On the right:

כתר תורה

Translation: Crown of Torah!

On the left:

שנת תרצב

Translation: The year (5)692 (1932)

At the bottom of the front decoration appear inscriptions reading:

On right:

אורך ימים בימינה

On left:

ובשמאלה עשר וכבוד

Translation: Prov. 3:16

An embroidered dedicatory inscription encircles the upper border of the cloak. The oval top is made of wood and covered by an embroidered velvet and has two openings at its centre for the Torah Scroll rods. The top is decorated with foliate patterns.

The borders of the mantle are encircled by brown fringes. The dedicatory inscription is embroidered in filled letters, and reads:

זה ספר התורה שהתנדב כה!ר שלמה אפלאלו הי''ו לעי''ן בתו היקרה מרים תנצבה 5692 

Translation: This Torah was donated by the honourable Rabbi (int.) Solomon Aflalo, may the Lord protect and sustain him (int.), for the exaltation of the soul (int.) of his dear daughter Miriam, may her soul be bound up in the bond of life (int.), 1932!