Segulah for protection of the home according to the custom of German Jewry, with the verse “Zot Torat HaBayit”‘, in letters embroidered on velvet. Germany, 19th century.
46×32 cm. Letters from thread, hand-embroidered on velvet.
Nice handmade work of the verse from Yechezkel (43:12) “This is the teaching of the House on the top of the mountain all of its borders around it are most holy this is the teaching of the house”. According to the family’s tradition, this cloth was received as a wedding gift in the 19th century from the Rebbetzin of the Berlin community, as a segulah to protect the house from fire.
Tears in the edges of the cloth, wooden and glass frame, moderate – fine condition.