Large wooden plate for the synagogue / Aron Kodesh. In its center, large, impressive Luchot Habrit, with the beginning of the Dibrot (not only the alphabet). Marble-like colored wood and black lettering. On both sides, impressive color illustrations of Rachel’s Tomb and the Western Wall. On the lower part, a lengthy matching inscription: "זה השער לה’ צדיקים יבואו בו".
It should be noted that the entire creation is made of a single wooden plate. Made in Jerusalem by the famed artist Rabbi Benzion Kletzkin, the father of the famed Kletzkin family.
Dedication: "לע"נ… יוסף בקשי.. בן אסתר… ציון בקשי בן אסתר הי"ד שנהרג על קידוש ה’… כ"ה ניסן תש"ל.. מאת אשתו תחי’" (For the ascent of the soul of Yosef Bakshi … ben Ester … Zion Bakshi ben Ester who was killed on Kiddush Hashem … Nissam 1970, by his wife) referring to two brothers who passed away in a short period of time. One of the brothers, private Ben-Zion Bakshi, was born in 1934 in Afghanistan. Immigrated to Israel in 1950. Was killed during a bombing of the Suez Canal on 1.5.1970. Left a wife and three children.
Size: 100.5X63 cm. except for the wooden rod along its lower part. Thickness: 2 cm. Varied minor blemishes – see pictures. Considerable peeling to the illustration of Rachel’s Tomb. Good overall condition.
