- Object Name:
- Torah Binder
- Place Made:
- Rabat (Morocco)
- Date:
- 19th century
- Medium:
- Cotton: embroidered with silk thread
- Dimensions:
- 9 1/2 × 103 3/4 in. (24.1 × 263.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sonia Cohen Azagury
- Accession Number:
- 2004-64
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Although this embroidery is typical of Rabat in its density, the combination of bright colors and its motifs: stylized bell shapes and zigzag borders, its use is unique. Its Hebrew inscription suggests it was used as a Torah binder. The major motif of the embroidery is the repetition of the letters aleph and tof, the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which may be a mnemonic device for the phrase "the light of the Torah."
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.