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Dress
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47743
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Dress : embroidered : burgundy, gold
- Date
- 1830-1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Dress : embroidered : burgundy, gold
- Other Title Information
- Clothing, Outerwear
- Date
- 1830-1930
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Burgundy velour embroidered with gold. Traditional marriage dress made to measure for the donor, ordered by her mother Mazal (Bensabat) Wahnoun. This Keswa El Kbira or grand costume, is a traditional festive dress of Moroccan Jewish women, worn by brides and at other celebrations. It is probably based on medieval Spanish Jewish costume, with its origins usually traced to the 15th century Spanish vertugada.The front shirt is 100 years older (1830) than the dress (1930) and was acquired for the marriage. 3 pink ruffles are part of the dress but are not on display. They are pleated, tulle-type fabric. Two pieces are flat, with different lengths (long: .02-4; short: .02-6). The third has been sewn into a circle (.02-5). Narrative: This dress has been worn by a large number of brides in Morocco and Canada.
- Accession No.
- 2002.87.02
- Name Access
- Communauté Sepharade du Quebec
- Places
- Casablanca, Morocco, Africa
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Tefillin bag
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47989
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin bag : woven, sewn, machine, hand, metal working : blue, black
- Date
- 1835
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin bag : woven, sewn, machine, hand, metal working : blue, black
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1835
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Velvet blue outside, with blue cotton lining. Back panel has flapped over the front and fastens with a snap button. Edges have been hand stitched together, and the lining is handstitched to the outside. Narrative: The bag belonged to Sheftel Albin, the donor’s grandfather.
- Accession No.
- 2007.04.01
- Name Access
- Albin, Don
- Places
- Galicia, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Tefillin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48110
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin : moulded, knotted, sewn, painted, glued : brown, black ; Ht: 5,5 cm x W: 7,3 cm x De: 7,9 cm
- Date
- 1835
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin : moulded, knotted, sewn, painted, glued : brown, black ; Ht: 5,5 cm x W: 7,3 cm x De: 7,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1835
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- Shel Yad: Black painted box on a flat, square, base. The base is made of multiple layers that have been stitched together. A leather strap passes through a leather loop on the reverse of the base, which allows the strap to be looped into itself and adjusted for size. A cardboard container fits over the box. Narrative: Tefillin belonged to Sheftel Albin, the donor's grandfather.
- Accession No.
- 2007.04.02
- Name Access
- Albin, Don
- Places
- Galicia, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Silver Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44086
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:25.5 cm x W:6 cm (base)
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 90
- Date
- [ca. 1840-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:25.5 cm x W:6 cm (base)
- Date
- [ca. 1840-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 90
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Silver spice box with five flags used for the Havdallah service.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Circumcision Tools
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44168
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, mother-of-pearl, steel
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 390
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, mother-of-pearl, steel
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 390
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- This complete set includes pearl-handle knife, scissors and holder in original case lined with velvet. Initials "W.S." on cover. Presented by Mr. Ollendorff to Mr. Wolf Sternberg of Montreal. Permanent loan by Edward A. Schretter, Nyack, New York, great-grandson of Mr. Wolf Sternberg. Probably the oldest circumcision set in Canada.
- Places
- Germany (probable origin)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Tefillin Cases. (The word Tefillin is commonly translated in English as "phylacteries.")
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44286
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver : silver ; Ht:5.7 cm x W:5.7 cm x De:7.8 cm : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 631
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver : silver ; Ht:5.7 cm x W:5.7 cm x De:7.8 cm : Hebrew
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 631
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Tefillin are two small parchment-filled boxes with straps attached to them. Jewish men are required to place one box on their head and tie the other one on their arm each weekday morning during prayer. Tefillin are biblical in origin and are commanded within the context of several laws outlining a Jew's relationship to God: see Deuteronomy 6:5-8. The text that is inserted inside the two boxes of Tefillin is handwritten by a scribe and consists of the four sets of Biblical verses in which Tefillin are commanded (Exodus 13:1-10, 11-16; Deuteronomy 6:4 -9, 11:13-21). Putting on Tefillin is the first mitzvah (commandment) assumed by a Jewish male upon his Bar Mitzvah. The wearing of Tefillin is optional for women.
- Places
- Russia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Spoon
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47800
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spoon : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 3,1 cm x W: 4,5 cm x De: 22 cm
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spoon : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 3,1 cm x W: 4,5 cm x De: 22 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Serving size spoon with deep bowl. Extending from a thin, slightly curved handle that tapers out at the bottom; curved edges extending slightly longer in the middle.
- Accession No.
- 2004.03.10
- Name Access
- Klein, Louis
- Places
- Solingen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Fork
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48163
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Fork : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 2,8 cm x W: 2,6 cm x De: 21,2 cm
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Fork : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 2,8 cm x W: 2,6 cm x De: 21,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- 4 tines that taper inwards at the top. 3 shallow trenches are found where the tines meet the tang (in between the times). Extending from a thin, slightly curved handle that tapers out at the bottom; curved edges extending slightly longer in the middle.
- Accession No.
- 2004.03.11
- Name Access
- Klein, Louis
- Places
- Solingen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Knife
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48164
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Knife with an unsharpened blade with teeth along the top quarter; the opposite side has a thin tapered edge. Extending from a thick handle with a beveled ledge near the blade and a beveled bottom edge, shaped into a beveled point at the bottom. Narrative: blade of knife was replaced in Caracas, Venezuela in 1950s
- Accession No.
- 2004.03.12
- Name Access
- Klein, Louis
- Places
- Solingen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Headdress
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51292
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Headdress : Sewn, Embroidered : Pink, Green, Gold ; Ht: 8 1/4 in. x W: 76 1/4 in.
- Date
- 1850
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Headdress : Sewn, Embroidered : Pink, Green, Gold ; Ht: 8 1/4 in. x W: 76 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Clothing, Headwear
- Date
- 1850
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Rectangular, with vine stitching around edges, and tassel on one end. Narrative: Worn by the bride upon exiting the Mikvah “ritual bath” in a diadem fashion.
- Accession No.
- 2002.87.01
- Name Access
- Communauté Sepharade du Quebec
- Places
- Tangiers, Morocco, Africa
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Spice box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51359
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spice box : Silver ; Ht: 9 1/8 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
- Date
- 1850
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spice box : Silver ; Ht: 9 1/8 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1850
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- 4 sided engraved base connects by 4 filigree stems to a 6 sided filigree spice holder with a cylindrical tower shaped topped with a flag, 6 bells hang from spice holder with 6 mini flags on top Narrative: Used for Havdalah ceremony at the end of Shabbat
- Accession No.
- 2005.26.2
- Name Access
- Tauben, Irwin
- Places
- Russia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Four schoichet knives owned by Abraham Caplin.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107499
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Fonds No.
- I0007; OJA 1-1201
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Fonds No.
- I0007
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1201
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Matzah cover
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51198
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Matzah cover : Sewn : Maroon, Green, Purple, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 16,5 in. x W: 12,5 in.
- Date
- 1851-1860
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Matzah cover : Sewn : Maroon, Green, Purple, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 16,5 in. x W: 12,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1851-1860
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Circular shape, embroidered with fabric flowers, cross-stitched with floss. Border is fringed. Narrative: Handcrafted from Czernowitz (today Chernivtsi), Bukovina. Name of the donor' great-great grandmother, Cohen, is embroidered on the bottom flap. The matzah cover has been handed down through generations. The mother of the donor, Suzie Rosenblatt (nee Mier) kept it hidden in the Bershad concentration camp in Transnistria (Ukraine). The donor's brother, Jacob Wardi, was also in Bershad. Donor Regina Stiglitz (Rosenblatt) was in a different work camp called Muraffa. The family was reunited after the war and emigrated to Canada in 1962.
- Accession No.
- 1990.21.11
- Name Access
- Stiglitz Rosenblatt, Regina
- Places
- Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Trowel presented to David Moss on the laying of the cornerstone of the English, German and Polish Congregation
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44245
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, lacquered wood handle ; Ht:24 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 536
- Date
- July 12, 1859
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, lacquered wood handle ; Ht:24 cm : English
- Date
- July 12, 1859
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 536
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- “Presented to David Moss, Esq., by the Trustees of the English, German and Polish Congregation of Montreal on the occasion of his laying the Corner Stone of their synagogue, Montreal.” Hallmarked underneath handle.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Cup
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51294
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Cup : Embossed : Gold, Green ; Ht: 4 3/4 in. x W: 5 in.
- Date
- 1860-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Cup : Embossed : Gold, Green ; Ht: 4 3/4 in. x W: 5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1860-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Cylindrical, with vine, and flower pattern. C shaped handle. Missing the bottom.
- Accession No.
- 2002.87.06
- Name Access
- Communauté Sepharade du Quebec
- Places
- Morocco, Africa
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Etrog box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51360
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Etrog box : Hand chased, engraved ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Date
- 1861
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Etrog box : Hand chased, engraved ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1861
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Rectangular with a floral designs, has a vertical concave indentation on each side, oval bulge in center of lid, box has lock which is broken, key is missing. Lid is hinged, and opens upwards. Narrative: To protect the etrog during the Sukkot holiday
- Accession No.
- 2005.26.3
- Name Access
- Tauben, Irwin
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
"Rimmon"
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44190
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:26.5 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 463
- Date
- August 19, 1868
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:26.5 cm : English
- Other Title Information
- Torah ornament
- Date
- August 19, 1868
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 463
- Physical Condition
- In need of conservation
- Notes
- Engraved: "B. Jacobs Quebec, Elul 23rd 5628." Incomplete.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Case
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47613
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Case : leather worked, cut, incised, woven, sewn, machine, gilded : brown, gold, purple
- Date
- 1870
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Case : leather worked, cut, incised, woven, sewn, machine, gilded : brown, gold, purple
- Other Title Information
- Personal Gear
- Date
- 1870
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Long case with an alligator skin texture and 2 round clasps on either side keeping the flap closed. A gilded title appears on the top flap (see inscription). The case unfolds on all 4 sides and is lined with purple satin fabric. Narrative: Belonged to donor's grandmother who wore them in 1870 in Germany.
- Accession No.
- 1996.16.01
- Name Access
- Rosen, Alma
- Places
- Essen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Pair of gloves
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48114
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Pair of gloves : woven, sewn, machine : white
- Date
- 1870
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Pair of gloves : woven, sewn, machine : white
- Other Title Information
- Clothing Accessory
- Date
- 1870
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Elbow-length gloves with a vertical opening at the inner wrist, fastened by 3 buttons. There is a bit of a shine to the fabric. On 1996.16.02, the top button is different from the others. Narrative: Belonged to her grandmother who wore them in 1870 in Germany.
- Accession No.
- 1996.16.02-03
- Name Access
- Rosen, Alma
- Places
- Essen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Pair of gloves
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48117
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Pair of gloves : woven, sewn, machine, hand : white
- Date
- 1870
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Pair of gloves : woven, sewn, machine, hand : white
- Other Title Information
- Clothing Accessory
- Date
- 1870
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Forearm length gloves with pleating at the outer writs. The fingers are outlined with stitch lines. Narrative: Belonged to her grandmother who wore them in 1870 in Germany.
- Accession No.
- 1996.16.04-05
- Name Access
- Rosen, Alma
- Places
- Essen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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