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Obj. ID: 1366
  Sacred and Ritual
  Parokhet (?), Thessaloniki (Salonika), 1931

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1992

The heart shaped dedication was possibly part of a Torah ark curtain.   A stylized crown flanked by two Stars of David, are set on top. A dedication is inscribed in Hebrew and Judeo Spanish (Ladino) in square Hebrew characters, which reads:

"ק"ק (קהל קדוש)/ בית יעקב/ הקדש/ אין מימוריה דיל דיפונטו הבחור/ שנפטר סמוך לחופתו עודנו באבו/ וסבל ייסורים קשים: הר' שמואל אברהם נחמה נ"ע (נוחו עדן)/ ויהי היום י"ט חשון התרצב/ תנצבה."

“(Dedicated to) the Beit Ya'acob Holy Congregation (see: Remarks: no. 2). A Dedication made in memory of the late young man, who past away close to his wedding day, still young, and suffered great torments: Rabbi Samuel Abraham Nehamah, May he rest in Eden. (Donated) in 'one day' 19th of Heshvan 5692 (30.10.1931), May his soul be bound in the bond of life."  

A wreath of two foliate stems, bound by a ribbon, frames the inscription. 

Online collection of the ritual objects from the E. Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute is available here: http://cbj.jhi.pl/collections/964689

Summary and Remarks
  1. The fragment is probably part of a parokhet.
  2. The Midrash Beit Ya'acob was established before 1890, by the Techenyo family (Smyrnis St.). It was burned down during the fire of 1917, and another building bearing the same name was built in a different location (22/23 Philippou St; cf. Messinas, The Synagogues, p. 86, Synagogue no. 47).    
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Object Detail
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Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1931
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8 image(s)    items per page
Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Silk, cotton threads Cloth: silk velvet
Lining: none
Decoration: cotton threads in chain stitched embroidery
Inscription: cotton threads in chain stitched embroidery
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
cotton threads in chain stitched embroidery
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
cotton threads in chain stitched embroidery
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Material Cloth
silk velvet
Material Lining
none
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Measurements
Height
660 mm
Length
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580 mm
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Condition

The fragment is in a disintegrate condition.

Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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Urban significance
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Pricking
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Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
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Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
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Coin
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History/Provenance
A collection of ritual objects was confiscated from the Greek Jews when they were sent to Auschwitz during World War II. This fragment was transferred in 1948 to the museum from Narozno, a city in Silesia where the Nazis stored the objects.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Juhasz, Esther, “Arigim ve-rekamot ba-bayit u-ve-veit ha-keneset”, In Yehudei Sepharad Ba-Imperia Ha-Ottomanit, ed.  Esther- Juhasz, ( Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1989), 64-119 (In Hebrew)

Juhasz, Esther, “The Material Culture of Sephardic Jews in the Western Ottoman Empire, (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries) In The Jews of the Ottoman Empire, ed. Avigdor Levy ( Princeton: The Institute of Turkish Studies, 1994), 575-583.

Messinas, Elias. The Synagogues of Salonika and Veroia. (Athens: Gavrielides Editions, 1997)
Type
Documenter
Bella Zaichik | 09.93
Author of description
Ariella Amar | 01.10
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Section Head
Ariella Amar | 01.10
Language Editor
Dvora Sax | 03.10
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