Obj. ID: 18985
Sacred and Ritual Torah Mantle, Russian Empire, ca. 1900
The purple Torah mantle consists of a cloak and lining.
The rectangular cloth cloak is made of two parts and is attached at the upper border, leaving two openings for Torah Scroll rods. The cloth is decorated at the top with a Torah crown flanked by the inscription: "Torah crown"
Underneath the crown, two hands with fingers separated into pairs are attached to two branches which are tied at their bottom. The branches encircle the ten commandments arranged in rows of five and written in square-filled letters. At the bottom, a recent inscription was added in square letters and reads:
דוד בן יוסף ציפורה בת אברהם למברסקי תרפה
Translation: David the son of Iosef Zipora the daughter of Abraham Lambersky 1925
sub-set tree: 
The mantle was donated to the museum from a synagogue in Kfar Yehezkel.
The mantle was produced in the Russian Empire in the early 20th century. Belongs to the type of ready-made mantles.
Very close to the mantle kept in the Museum of Literature, History and Architecture in Taganrog, Russia (Goskatalog number 18919645).