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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2015/023:001 DescrizioneMezzuzah, handmade by Barnett Phillips, Sydney, c1850. Made of tin, now disintegrating. It comprises a parchment called a klaf (scroll with Hebrew text) inscribed with the Shema. A Mezzuzah is traditionally attached diagonally to the right hand door frame of a Jewish dwelling. It serves as a reminder to those who live there of the Jewish connection to heritage, land and God. Translated into English, Mezzuzah roughly means ‘doorpost’. The Shema itself is also extremely delicate and has been removed from the Mezzuzah. SoggettoMezzuzah, Judaism, Religious Nome oggettoMezzuzah Materialeparchment, tin Dimensioni length: 95.00 mm height: 15.00 mm Lingua Hebrew Hebrew text inside on parchment Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Pozniak

Numero oggettoM2015/023:001

DescrizioneMezzuzah, handmade by Barnett Phillips, Sydney, c1850. Made of tin, now disintegrating. It comprises a parchment called a klaf (scroll with Hebrew text) inscribed with the Shema. A Mezzuzah is traditionally attached diagonally to the right hand door frame of a Jewish dwelling. It serves as a reminder to those who live there of the Jewish connection to heritage, land and God. Translated into English, Mezzuzah roughly means ‘doorpost’.

The Shema itself is also extremely delicate and has been removed from the Mezzuzah.

SoggettoMezzuzah, Judaism, Religious

Nome oggettoMezzuzah

Materialeparchment, tin

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Pozniak

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