A textile used to wrap the afikomen, a dedicated piece of matzah (unleavened bread) eaten at the end of the Passover seder.
Translations
Hebrewנרתיק אפיקומן
GermanTasche für Afikoman
RussianМешочек для афикомана
FrenchÉtui pour Afikomane
DutchZak of doek voor afikomen
ItalianSacchetto per l’afikoman
CzechTaška/pokrývka na afikoman
HungarianAfikoman zsák
SpanishBolsa de afikomán
GreekΘήκη για το αφικομάν
PolishWoreczek na afikoman
Arabicكيس لحفظ التحلية (الأفيكومين)
Yiddishאפֿיקומן־זעקל
LadinoUna tevajika para envoltir un pedasiko de matsa
Image information
1931, from the yeshiva of Rabbi Chaim Berlin. Velveteen, silk threads, mull, 37 x 27 cm. Jewish Museum of Vienna, Austria. Photo: Bernd Benedikt Richter.
