Obj. ID: 10972
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah Ark curtain, Israel/Eretz Israel, 1960
The rectangular Parokhet is comprised of a central rectangular blue cloth flanked by two sky blue units. It bears a sky blue rectangular core at its top center. Two sky blue strips are set at the bottom and top of the Parokhet.
The core bears a Hebrew dedicatory inscription written in square filled letters arranged in seven lines. A Star of David appears between the first and second lines of the inscription. It reads:
"קדש לה'/סיון תש"ך/נדבת פרחה אטח/לזכר נשמות הוריה/הרב יוסף מלכה בן קלרה/ולונה בת פרחה/ת'נ'צ'ב'ה' (תהיה נשמתם צרורה בצרור החיים)".
Dedicated to the Lord, in the month of Sivan (5)720 (May-June, 1960), a donation of Freha Atakh, for the memory of the souls of her parents, Rabbi Joseph (Yoseph) Malka son of Klara and Luna daughter of Freha, may their souls be bound up in the bond of life.
Two winding branches with leaves and an open flower bound up in a ribbon appear below the inscription.
sub-set tree:
Lining: cotton tabby
Width: 152 cm