This richly decorated binder was made to honor Nehemiah, son of Moses Halevi, who was born under the sign of Virgo, represented here by a woman seated under a tree. The boy was a Levite, a descendant of the tribe of Levi responsible for ritual cleanliness in the ancient Temple; a related illustration appears: a pair of lions flanking a large ewer inside a basin. The accompanying Hebrew inscriptions refer to the Levites’ duties, limited today to washing of the hands of the Kohanim (descendants of Aaron, the High Priest) before the latter deliver the priestly blessing at the synagogue.