Obj. ID: 5725
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah mantle, Athens, 1947
The cylindrical Torah mantle comprises a cloak attached to a round stiff top and has a vertical back opening.
A Hebrew dedicatory inscription is set in front, arranged in six lines, and written in square, filled letters. The first word "dedicated" and the names of people to whom the mantle is dedicated are emphasized (larger and bold).
The inscription reads:
"הקדש/ לק''ק (קהל קדוש) בית שלום/ לזכרון נצח בני משפחת/ חיים אליהו העליון/ שמתו במחנות ההסגר בפולניה/ אתונה שבט התשז."
"Dedicated to the Beit Shalom Holy Congregation for the eternal memory of Haim Eliyahu Ha-Elyon's family members, who perished in detention camps in Poland. (Donated in)Athens, Shevat, 5707 (Jan.-Feb. 1947)."
A fringed strip surrounds the top and the bottom of the cloth, and continues at the back along its opening.
There are two holes for inserting the staves in the top.
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commemorate individuals who perished in the Holocaust. They are cylindrical
and comprise a cloak attached to a round top. Their most notable characteristic
is a stark dedicatory inscription set upon a blank dark cloth.
- Amar, Ariella, and Irina Chernetsky. The Collection of the Jewish Museum of Greece.Jerusalem: The Center for Jewish Art, TheHebrewUniversity ofJerusalem, 2007. Internal publication.