Colorfully decorated Wimpel, with floral and leaf patterns, and a picture of a holy ark with Torah scrolls and the inscription “… Marim b”r Naftali, known as Marim Stern, born 16 Sivan, 1897.” According to custom, during the child’s first visit to the synagogue at one or three years old, a short ceremony is held in which he gives a wimpel as a gift to the synagogue. At his bar mitzvah celebration at the age of thirteen, when the boy is called up to the Torah, he is honored by reading from the Torah scroll tied with his wimpel. The custom was first mentioned in Sefer Minhagei Mahari”l in 1545. It was traditional in Germany, Bohemia and Moravia, Switzerland and Denmark, until the nineteenth century. (For more information, refer to: Stieglitz Collection Masterpieces of Jewish Art by Chaya Benjamin, published by the Israel Museum, p. 203.) Length: Approximately 3.90 m; width: 19 cm. Fine condition. Aging stains.