Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Yad used by Orthodox Jewish community of Targu Mares (Tirgu Mures), Romania for over 100 years.
- Geography
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use:
Tirgu-Mures (Romania)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Jewish Community of Targu Mures
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Torah pointers (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Yad, Torah pointer, composed of carved wood with painted details and fabric cord. The ends are shaped as pointing hand (finger broken off). Composed of different carved wood sections (one has free moving wooden ball) and painted with blue, white, gold and black paint (very worn). Green fabric cord attached to end carved link. Appears to be remains of painted black Hebrew letters
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, paint, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The yad was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by the Jewish Community of Targu Mures.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:29
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520961
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The collection consists of two yads used by the Orthodox Jewish community of Targu Mures, Romania for over 100 years.
Yad or Torah pointer used for over a century in Romania
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Yad used by Orthodox Jewish community of Targu Mures, Romania for over 100 years.
