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Shul knocker

(shulklopfer)

Yad

A knocker to call people to synagogue for prayer.

Translations

  • Hebrewפטיש בית כנסת
  • GermanSchul-Klopfer
  • RussianСинагогальная колотушка
  • FrenchMaillet de synagogue
  • DutchSjoelklopper
  • ItalianBattente della sinagoga
  • CzechKladívko
  • HungarianKopogtató
  • SpanishAldaba
  • GreekΣήμαντρο για τη συναγωγή
  • PolishKołatka synagogalna
  • Arabicمطرقة الدعوة
  • Yiddishשולקלעפּער
  • LadinoShulklaper

Bibliography

Chusid, Michael T. “Shul Knocker.” Hearing Shofar: The Still Small Voice of the Ram’s Horn, 22 May 2010.

Gottesman, Itzik. “The Shul Knocker: The Protagonist of Rosh Hashanah Eve.” Forward , 26 Sep. 2019.

Sperber, Daniel. “[Arising in the Morning].” Minhagei Yisrael: Mekorot ve-Toldot [Israeli Customs: Origins and History], ed. Daniel Sperber, vol. 6, Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook, 1998, pp. 1-8, 276-78 (illus. 4-7).

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