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Zakhor
RitualXIXe–XXe siècle

Pilgrimage olivewood tsedakah box from the Holy Land

Enrich the Great Book

קופת צדקה מעץ זית לעולי הרגל מארץ הקודש

Description

Small charity box of carved olivewood, engraved with views of Jerusalem, the letter tsadi or the word tsedakah, sold to pilgrims and collectors (meshulachim). Brought home, it gathered alms for the institutions of the Holy Land. A devotional souvenir and at once an object of mitzvah.

Features

Material
Bois d'olivier
Provenance
Terre sainte (Jérusalem)

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