- Object Name:
- Torah Pointer
- Place Made:
- United States
- Date:
- 1861 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: engraved and cast
- Dimensions:
- 10 5/8 × 1 7/16in. (27 × 3.7cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 272a
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The Hebrew inscription reads, "Donation of...Rabbi Elijah son of...Judah..., to Beth Midrash [Study Hall] Sha'arei Torah for the remembrance of his late brother...Abraham son of...Judah, May his soul be bound up in the bond of [eternal] life, New York, 1 Nissan 5621" (=12 March 1861).
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