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Actions Displays	Sefer Torah Cover Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/019 TitleSefer Torah Cover DescriptionCream-coloured, velvet Sefer Torah mantle (cover) with gold fringe and ornate embroidery. The embroidery includes fabric decoration and coloured-metal studs and depicts two lions, a crown, the 10 Commandments, and a vase of flowers. An inscription reads, "Presented by Mr & Mrs Ross in Memory of their Daughter". There are also words in Hebrew. This Sefer Torah cover was donated to the Witbank Synagogue (Witbank, South Africa) in memory of the Ross' daughter who died, age 12, in the polio epidemic of c. 1945. The cover was returned to the family after the synagogue closed in 2007. Production placeWitbank, South Africa Production date after 1945 SubjectJudaica, South African Jewish History, decorative art, poliomyelitis, memorials Object namemantles Materialsilk, metal Dimensions length: 725.00 mm width: 415.00 mm depth: 185.00 mm

Object numberM2008/019

TitleSefer Torah Cover

DescriptionCream-coloured, velvet Sefer Torah mantle (cover) with gold fringe and ornate embroidery. The embroidery includes fabric decoration and coloured-metal studs and depicts two lions, a crown, the 10 Commandments, and a vase of flowers. An inscription reads, "Presented by Mr & Mrs Ross in Memory of their Daughter". There are also words in Hebrew. This Sefer Torah cover was donated to the Witbank Synagogue (Witbank, South Africa) in memory of the Ross' daughter who died, age 12, in the polio epidemic of c. 1945. The cover was returned to the family after the synagogue closed in 2007.

Production placeWitbank, South Africa

Production date after 1945

SubjectJudaica, South African Jewish History, decorative art, poliomyelitis, memorials

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Materialsilk, metal

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