Overview
- Brief Narrative
- A tefillin set that is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Ina and Maurice Teich's family during the Holocaust. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers.
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1939-approximately 1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Albert and Judith Teich
- Markings
- a : batim, left and right sides, embossed : ש
c : front, center, embroidered, gold-colored thread : MT
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Tefillin (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a: Head tefillin with a square, leather box (batim) constructed of 4 sections with an embossed Hebrew letter Shin on the left and right sides. The box is centered on a layered leather platform sewn together with gut from kosher animals (giddin). The platform has a triangular, notched back with an opening through which a knotted leather strap (retzu’ot) is threaded. The box interior should be divided into 4 sections and hold 4 parchment scrolls (parshiyot) inscribed with Hebrew prayers.
b: Hand tefillin with a square, leather box (batim) with smooth sides. The box is centered on a square, layered leather platform sewn together with gut from kosher animals (giddin). The platform has a triangular, notched back with an opening through which a leather strap (retzu’ot) is threaded. The box should hold a parchment scroll (parshiyot) inscribed with 4 Hebrew prayers.
c: Rectangular, black velvety, pile weave cloth carrying pouch with a drawing string opening at the top. The front is embroidered with two initials at the center of a large, six-pointed Star of David in gold-colored thread. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
c: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) - Materials
- a : leather, gut, parchment
b : leather, gut, parchment
c : cloth, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tefillin set was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Albert and Judith Teich, the children of Ina and Maurice Teich.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-27 14:05:13
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