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Belt for High Holidays

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A belt with a buckle to hold the white robe worn on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

Translations

  • Hebrewחגורה לימים הנוראים
  • GermanGürtel für die Hohen Feiertage
  • RussianПояс для осенних праздников
  • FrenchCeinture pour les Grandes Fêtes
  • DutchRiem of ceintuur voor de Hoge Feestdagen
  • ItalianCintura per la preghiera
  • CzechOpasek pro Vysoké svátky
  • HungarianÖv és övcsat
  • SpanishCinturón para las Altas Festividades
  • GreekΖώνη για τις Μεγάλες Εορτές
  • PolishPas na Rosz ha-Szana i Jom Kipur
  • Arabicحزام طقسي
  • Yiddishיום־כּיפּור גאַרטל
  • LadinoKushak para los yamim noraim

Bibliography

Harel Hoshen, Sarah, ed. Treasures of Jewish Galicia: Judaica from the Museum of Ethnography and Crafts in Lvov, Ukraine. Tel-Aviv: Beit Hatfutsot, 1996, pp. 121-35, 171-72.

Juhasz, Esther. “Yom Kippur belts and buckles.” The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, ed. Esther Juhasz, Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2012, pp. 318-19.

Kantsedikas, Aleksandr et al. Masterpieces of Jewish Art: Silver. Vol. 3, Moscow: Image Advertising & Pub. House, 1989, no. 134-142.

Lebet-Minakowska, Anna. Katalog judaików: Cz. 1. Tkaniny [Catalog of Judaica: Vol. 1 Fabrics], Krakow: Muzeum Narodowe, 2008, pp. 237-48.

 

Image information

Yom Kippur belt buckle, Galicia, c. 1820. Silver, cotton, buckle. H: 8,5cm. W: 8 cm. Collection Jewish Community of Prešov. Photo: Jewish Heritage Foundation – Menorah, Bratislava.

Vienna, 1867-1872. Silver, textile, gold thread, repousse, woven, 7,5 x 22,9 cm. Gross Family Collection Trust, Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama

 

Yom Kippur belt buckle, Rzeszów, first half of the 19th century. Silver, chasing. H: 6,3 cm. W: 8 cm. Collection Jewish Community of Prešov. Photo: Jewish Heritage Foundation – Menorah, Bratislava.

Lviv, 1821, Silver, repousse, chased, engraved. 6,7 x 12,2 cm. Gross Family Collection Trust, Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama

 

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