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Passover towel

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A towel used for the ritual handwashing during the Passover seder.

Translations

  • Hebrewמגבת פסח
  • GermanÜberhandtuch für den Seder
  • RussianПасхальное полотенце
  • FrenchServiette de Pessa’h
  • DutchPesachhanddoek
  • ItalianAsciugamano per Pesach
  • CzechPesachový ručník
  • HungarianPészahi törülköző
  • SpanishToalla de Pésaj
  • GreekΠετσέτα για το Πέσσαχ
  • PolishRęcznik na Pesach (Paschę)
  • Arabicمنشفة الفصح
  • Yiddishסדר־האַנטעך
  • LadinoMaraman de seder

Image information

Odenwald, 18th century. Silk, 123 x 28,5 cm. Jewish Museum Frankfurt CC BY-SA 4.0

Germany, ca. 1900. Silk, brocade, silk thread, metallic thread, carton couching, embroidered, sewn, 127 x 56 cm. Gross Family Collection Trust, Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama

Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1925. Publisher: J. Kauffmann. Artist: E. Mannheimer. Silk, ink, printing, 122 x 42 cm. Gross Family Collection Trust, Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama

Mulhouse, 1799. Linen, silk thread, metal thread, embroidery, 38 x 158 cm. Gross Family Collection Trust, Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama

 

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