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

The square Mazah^cover is made of silk. It has three pockets for the Mazahs. The cover is decorated around the borders with inscriptions, vegetal patterns, and flowers in green, red, yellow, and blue. The inscriptions are in square-filled letters and read:

"לשנה הבאה בירושלים"

Translation: Next year in Jerusalem

The names of the six Sefirot:

"חסד","גבורה","תפארת","נצח","הוד","יסוד"

Translation: "Heroism","Glory","Root","Eternity","Mercy","Splendour".

In the center there is a depiction of a lamb and beneath the lines:

"קרבן פסח"

TranslationSacrifice of Passover

This depiction is encircled by a wreath of flowers.

The lower edge depicts the date divided in two and at the center a vase encircled by a wreath of flowers. Beneath, the line:

"תרנד סדר הקערה" "(5)654 (1894)

Translation: Seder of the bowl

Three labels are attached to the cover's lower part, each one bears an embroidered line:

ישראל, לוי, כהן

Translation: Israel, Levi, Cohen.

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