Box 2

File — Box: B254.02.0002

Identifier: B254.02.0002

Staff Only

Abstract

(1) tefillin bag and (1) tallit bag.

Dates

circa 1900-1909

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials are primarily in Hebrew with some English.

Extent

1 Items : flat box (16 x 12 x 3 inches)

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Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of materials that belonged to the Striker family or its ancestors. Materials include an ivory silk tallit (also referred to as a tallis), a tan cotton tallit bag, leather tefillin for the head and hand and an accompanying black bag, a Rosh Hashanah machzor (or prayer book) given to Esther Fishman Striker on her wedding day in 1909, and a Hebrew Bible with a mother-of-pearl cover.