SÉTIF. - Intérieur de la Synagogue. - LL

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Text on the back -Correspondance - Adresse Lévy et Neurdein Réunis, 44, Rue Letellier, Paris, Imp. N'écrire que sur le côté réservé à la correspondance;Back Printed Text Translation - Correspondence - Address Lévy & Neurdein Réunis, 44, Rue Letellier, Paris, Imp. Write only on the side reserved to the correspondence.;Production period - 1920 - 1932;Front Period - 1920 - 1932;Category - Synagogues;Description - This vertical postcard depicts the Synagogue Interior of Sétif. We can see the two principal centers of the Jewish liturgy in the Synagogue: the Ark and the Tevah. The Ark, known in Hebrew as the Aron Kodesh or the Hekhal, is generally a respectable or ornamental closet which contains the Sifrei Torah, the Torah scrolls. In most cases, the Ark is located on the wall of the Synagogue, facing Jerusalem. As we can see on the picture, the ark is decorated with oriental motives, and a parochet serves as its door: it is a thick curtain which covers the Torah scrolls. On the top of the ark overhang the two Tablets of Law (two pieces of stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments). The second center is the Tevah, an elevated area which is intended to serve as the place where the person reading aloud from the Torah stands during the Torah reading service. At the bottom of the platform stands a monumental Chanu;Back Handwritten Text - Algeria

Title SÉTIF. - Intérieur de la Synagogue. - LL.
Additional Titles Synagogue Interior of Sétif (Algeria)
Contributors אוסף גלויות היודאיקה ע"ש יוסף ומרגיט הופמן. האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים. המרכז לחקר הפולקלור. אוסף גלויות היודאיקה ע"ש יוסף ומרגיט הופמן
Creation Date 1920-1932
Notes 12
Call number at Current Custodian אוסף גלויות היודאיקה ע"ש יוסף ומרגיט הופמן.
Host Item המקור נמצא ב:אוסף גלויות היודאיקה ע"ש יוסף ומרגיט הופמן.
Language English
Language Note French
Credits אוסף גלויות היודאיקה ע"ש יוסף ומרגיט הופמן, המרכז לחקר הפולקלור, המכון למדעי היהדות ע"ש מנדל, האוניברסיטה העברית.
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אוסף גלויות היודאיקה ע"ש יוסף ומרגיט הופמן, המרכז לחקר הפולקלור, המכון למדעי היהדות ע"ש מנדל, האוניברסיטה העברית.

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