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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 192 Collections and/or Records:

Tifillin for the Hand, undated

 Item
Identifier: B002.16.0204.00002
Abstract Two tefillin (phylactery) for the hand consisting of a black leather box with a brown leather strap. The top of the tefillin box has one section in Hebrew that designates that it is ''shel yad'' (for the hand). These leather boxes are those which Jewish men from the age of 13 bind with leather straps onto their left arm (unless they are left-handed, in which case they bind it onto their right arm) during the morning prayers; the leather box contains parchments on which are written the four...
Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Religious, Material Culture Objects, and Art / Box 204

Tifillin for the Head, undated

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Identifier: B002.16.0204.00003
Abstract Two tefillin (phylactery) for the head consisting of a black leather box with a brown leather strap. The top of tefillin box has one section in Hebrew that designates ''shel rosh'' (for the head). These leather boxes are those which Jewish men from the age of 13 bind with leather straps on the crest of their foreheads during the morning prayers; the leather box contains parchments on which are written the four sections of the Torah in which they are mentioned: ''And you shall bind them for a...
Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Religious, Material Culture Objects, and Art / Box 204

Torah Crowns, 1945

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Identifier: B002.16.0210.00001
Abstract

KeterTorah (Crowns of Torah) with 14 bells each and ''In memory of patients at the sanitarium'' in Yiddish etched on the crown. At the top is an eagle atop a crown with eight bells. There are four bells at two additional levels hanging from zoomorphic animals. The Torah is associated with crowns to emphasize the respect due to it, as if it were royalty. The bells to announce that the Torah scroll is being taken out of or returned to the Holy Ark.

Dates: 1945
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Religious, Material Culture Objects, and Art / Box 210

Torah Mantle, circa 1902

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Identifier: B139.01.0002.00001
Abstract

A crimson velvet brocade Torah mantle (cover). The mantle is trimmed with gold fringe, sequins and gold ribbon. There is a white and gold design on the front consisting of a crown, two lions, Hebrew letters standing for ''the crown of the Torah,'' the Ten Commandments in Hebrew and the date in Hebrew (5663). The mantle was used in the Congregation Shearith Israel (Tenth Street Shul) in Denver.

Dates: circa 1902
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B139, Congregation Shearith Israel (Tenth Street Shul) Records / Material Culture / Box 2

Torah Shield, 1946

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Identifier: B002.16.0322.00003
Abstract This silver-plated Torah Shield was used at the synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. The Torah shield (Torah breastplate) is a shield that in a synagogue is suspended by chains over the front of the Torah. The shield has an eagle on a raised crown with three bells that is between two Lions of Judah. There are two raised columns with three bells each. The columns are symbolic of the columns of the Temple of Jerusalem. Another raised area has two eagles and two hands holding a...
Dates: 1946
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Religious, Material Culture Objects, and Art / Box 322

Underhill--American Indian Religion, 1962-1974

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Identifier: M060.01.0004.0009
Abstract

Articles and lectures

Dates: 1962-1974
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M060, Ruth Underhill Papers / Research Materials / Box 4

Underhill--Galley Proofs--The Red Man's Religion, 1965

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Identifier: M060.01.0005.0004
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains research materials.

Dates: 1965
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M060, Ruth Underhill Papers / Research Materials / Box 5

Underhill--Galley Proofs--The Red Man's Religion, 1965

 File
Identifier: M060.01.0005.0005
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains research materials.

Dates: 1965
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M060, Ruth Underhill Papers / Research Materials / Box 5

Underhill--Publications--The Red Man and Religion: A Discussion of Indian Beliefs and Their Origins, 1965

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Identifier: M060.01.0004.0018
Abstract

Typescript, chapters 1-12

Dates: 1965
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M060, Ruth Underhill Papers / Research Materials / Box 4

Underhill--Publications--The Red Man and Religion: A Discussion of Indian Beliefs and Their Origins, 1965

 File
Identifier: M060.01.0004.0019
Abstract

Typescript, chapters 13-21

Dates: 1965
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M060, Ruth Underhill Papers / Research Materials / Box 4

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