Torah – Skirball Cincinnati

Tower of David

Torah

Tower of David Saul Raskin 1924 Oil on board Gift of Marilyn and David Reichert, 2015.21

Creation or The Burning Bush

Torah

Creation or The Burning Bush Shraga Weil (1918-2009) Israel, c. 1989 Lithograph, 48" x 37.5" Gift of Dr. Alfred Gottschalk and Deanna Gottschalk, 66.2837

Tzedakah Box

Israel, Torah

Tzedakah Box Alfred Salzman Co. Tin Palestine, 1910 1991.250.4

Tzedakah Box

Israel, Torah

Tzedakah Box Silver Israel, 20th century Gift of S.L. Kopald, 1980.164.1

Vav Wearing Tefillin – V’ahavta

Torah, Works by Mark Podwal

Vav Wearing Tefillin - V'ahavta Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal This work was inspired by these tefillin cases.

Wolpert Mezuzah with Kisses

Torah, Works by Mark Podwal

Wolpert Mezuzah with Kisses Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal This work was inspired by Ludwig Wolpert's mezuzah.

Kiddush Cup

Torah

Kiddush Cup Silver Germany, 1861 Gift of Mystic Seaport Inc. Skirball Museum This cup used for the blessing of wine on the weekly Sabbath or Shabbat is inscribed in Hebrew below the lip with these words from Exodus 19:8: “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” The Jewish calendar date of 5621 corresponds [...]

Tefillin Cases

Torah

Tefillin Cases Silver Lemberg, Austria, ca. 1854 Hebrew inscription: For head; for hand; Isaac Meyer Segal Gift of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Organization Skirball Museum Tefillin, also called phylacteries, meaning “to guard, protect,” are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. They are worn by [...]

Aron HaKodesh

Jewish Cincinnati, Torah

Aron HaKodesh (Holy Ark) Hand-carved wood Trzcianka, Poland (former Posen territory), ca. 1779 Scheuer Chapel, Herrman Learning Center Cincinnati Skirball Museum Kirschstein Collection Currently located in the Scheuer Chapel, this Aron HaKodesh, Holy Ark, is originally from the small town of Trzcianka (in German Schönlanke ), outside of Posen in Poland. There, it resided in [...]

Torah Crown

B’nai B’rith, Israel, Torah

Torah Crown Ori Resheff (b. 1955) Israel, 1996 Silver and patinaed copper Purchased 1997 B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion The Torah, the five books of Moses, is considered to be at the center of Jewish life. The scroll on which the Torah is written becomes a beautifully hand-crafted [...]

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