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Aliyot tokens

(Torah reading plaques)

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Tokens handed out to the male members of the congregation at the Sabbath morning service to let them  know when they would be called to the Torah. 

Translations

  • Hebrewאסימוני עליות
  • GermanAlijot-Tafeln
  • RussianТаблички для вызова к чтению Торы
  • FrenchJetons ou plaquettes pour la montée à la Torah
  • DutchOproeppenningen
  • Italiantarghe per le aliyoth
  • CzechKartičky či žetony pro vyvolání k Tóře
  • HungarianAlija tábla
  • SpanishFichas de aliyot
  • GreekΚέρματα για Αλιγιότ
  • PolishŻetony na alijot
  • Arabicقوائم قراءة التوراة
  • Yiddishעליות־זשעטאָן
  • LadinoFishes de aliyot

Bibliography

The Jews of Kurdistan: Daily Life, Customs, Arts and Crafts. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2000, p. 248.

Yaniv, Bracha. “‘Tablets of the Law’ Plaque.” Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, ed. by Raphael Patai and Haya Bar-Itzhak, vol. 1, New York: M. E. Sharpe,

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