Overview
- Brief Narrative
- A challah cover is a textile used during the Jewish Sabbath and festival meals to cover hallot (loaves of bread), which are often baked in an elborate, plaited shape. Religious inscriptions are often added to the covers, most commonly with embroidery or paint.
- Date
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1801-1900
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gertrude Heimberger Straus
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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Hallah covers (aat)
- Genre/Form
- Ceremonial objects.
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, off white, handmade lace cover with a Hebrew inscription at the center.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
- Materials
- overall : thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Challah (Bread)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The challah cover was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Gertrude Straus.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-04-11 15:11:21
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn887
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