Illuminated Synagogue Plaque: “Chevra Shas VeMishnayoth.” Text within three multicolored decorated architectural arches and pillars with floral and leafy motifs, surmounted by lions, crown and leafy vines. Plus Biblical Hebrew verses.

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Tzefat, 1907

Manuscript on paper. Few stains, small marginal tear at bottom not affecting text. With previous owner’s stamp Mordechai David Teitelbaum. Not examined out of frame. 28 x 20 inches.

Composed by Menachem Mendel Margalioth, a roster of members of a learned society in the Holy City of Safed in the Galilee. The first arch on the right contains the names of thirty nine male members of the society listed in two columns. The middle arch contains the names of thirty seven female members also listed in two columns. The left arch, listed by month contains the names of the deceased members of the society, both men and women. Many of the members hailed from towns in Hungary and Rumania.