Torah ornaments

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A purple velvet cotton Torah mantle (cover). The mantle is trimmed with gold fringe, sequins, and gold trim. There is a white and gold design on the front. The design consists of a crown, two lions, Hebrew letters standing for ''the crown of the Torah,'' and the Ten Commandments in Hebrew.

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KeterTorah (Crowns of Torah) with 14 bells each and ''In memory of patients at the sanitarium'' in Yiddish etched on the crown. At the top is an eagle atop a crown with eight bells. There are four bells at two additional levels hanging from zoomorphic animals. The Torah is associated with crowns to emphasize the respect due to it, as if it were royalty. The bells to announce that the Torah scroll is being taken out of or returned to the Holy Ark.

Abstract This silver-plated Torah Shield was used at the synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. The Torah shield (Torah breastplate) is a shield that in a synagogue is suspended by chains over the front of the Torah. The shield has an eagle on a raised crown with three bells that is between two Lions of Judah. There are two raised columns with three bells each. The columns are symbolic of the columns of the Temple of Jerusalem. Another raised area has two eagles and two hands holding a...

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This Torah pointer was used at the synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. The Torah scrolls are not touched because oils from hands would damage the parchment and rub off the ink. The reader uses a pointer (called a yad meaning ''hand'' in Hebrew) to follow his place in the scroll. Below the pointer hand there are Hebrew letters and the lowest part is filigreed silver. The 11 Yiddish letters spell out "Sanitorium".