The Torah Scroll and its Ornaments

After the destruction of the Temple and the loss of its sacred implements, the Torah scroll became the central object of the Jewish faith. The presence of Torah scrolls in the synagogue, a mikdash me'at-"a small memento of the Temple", became mandatory. More

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Small Torah Scroll rolled on silver handles, clothed in a mantle and adorned by a Torah shield Poland 18th century	Torah crown inlaid with colorful semiprecious stones Warsaw, Poland 1729	Torah shield Warsaw, Poland Mid-18th century	Torah crown decorated with lions, birds, imaginary creatures, architectural structure, and foliate Poland 1764	Torah crown with eagles, griffins and lions Poland 1726
Torah crown decorated with images of the Tablets of the Law, incense utensils, Ark of the Covenant, and the headdress of the High Priest Padua, Italy 17th-18th century	Torah crown dedicated to the synagogue in Safed Poland 1841	Small Torah crown Austria-Hungary 1740	Torah finials Netherlands 18th century	Torah finials Netherlands Late 17th - early 18th century
Torah finials (rimmonim) decorated with foliate pattern Poland 18th century	Tall Torah finials decorated with lions Augsburg, Germany 1818	Torah finials Morocco Late 19th century	Torah finials Morocco Late 19th century	Torah finials Rangoon, Burma 1888
Torah finials in Yemenite style Jerusalem 19th-20th century	Small Torah finials (part missing) Persia 18th century	Torah finial (one of a pair) Khunsar, Persia 18th-19th century	Torah shield decorated with crown, lions and twisted columns Nuremberg, Germany Early 18th century	Torah shield decorated with griffins Poland 18th century
Torah shield decorated with the Tablets of the Law Poland 18th century	Torah shield decorated with depictions of Moses, Aaron, and David Germany 18th century	Small Torah shield Metz, France 17th-18th century	Small Torah shield Augsburg, Germany Second half of the 18th century	Small Torah shield Poland 1806
Torah shield decorated with a small Torah ark, lions, eagles, and pelicans Poland 1820	Torah shield with three medallions Berlin, Germany 1825	Torah Shield Eichstadt, Germany Late 18th century	Torah pointer shaped like a dolphin Lvov, Poland 1818	Torah pointer decorated with the Tablets of the Law and the zodiac signs Poland 1855
Small Torah pointer Poland 1891	Torah pointer with curved finger pointer Lissa, Poland 1728	Small Torah pointer Poland 18th century	Torah pointer surmounted by a pierced globe Poland 18th century	Torah pointer Italy 19th century
Torah pointer Eastern Europe 18th century	Torah pointer surmounted by a crown Central Europe (?) 18th century	Torah pointer France 1809-1819	Torah pointer Central Europe 19th century	Torah pointer Yemen 18th century
Torah pointer Yemen 18th century	Torah pointer decorated with foliate pattern Morocco 19th century	Shiviti plaque for the synagogue Poland 18th century	Torah ark valance embroidered with depictions of utensils of the Tabernacle Germany 1766	Torah ark valance embroidered with three intertwined crowns, lions and eagles Germany 1781
Torah finials and pointer Warsaw, Poland Mid-18th century