Auction 21
Lot 110:
Sashes made of linen fabric, previously used as diapers for thebaby at circumcision (and later to wrap the Sefer Torah). On the cloth is illustrated in nice calligraphy (variety of colors) the name of the baby, date of his birth, and various blessings, with additional illustrations of a Sefer Torah, chuppah, and more. The Jews of Ashkenaz would, when a boy would reach the age of 13, during his Bar Mitzvah, wrap a sefer torah in this sash made from his diaper when he went up to receive his Aliyah. This minhag is first referenced in the book Minhagei HaMaharil. It was accepted among those of Western Europe until the beginning of the 20th century. | Names of the boys and their dates of birth: 1. Yishmael ben Tzvi, 13th of Cheshvan 1890. 2. Shmuel ben Yishay Shalit, 9th of Sivan 1893. Shmuel ben Lipmann Bloom, 3rd of Tammuz, 1879. 4. Yisrael ben Binyamin Dreyfus, 12th of Elul 1897. 5. Issachar ben Alexander, 23rd of Adar 1891. Various sizes and conditions, average length of 3-4 meters. Generally good condition.
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