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Sad Wimpel of an orphaned baby, hand-illustrated - Germany, 1802 - unique ...
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Sad Wimpel of an orphaned baby, hand-illustrated - Germany, 1802 - unique illustrations.
Special color Wimpel for a Sefer Torah ""ז"נ שמשון בן כ' יצחק ז"ל נולד למ"ט יום ד' ד' אייר" [Shimshon the son of the late Yitzchak, born on the fourth of Iyar] (an illustration of a bull - the Zodiac sign of Iyar) תקס"ב [1802] (here there is an illustration of a heart with the Hebrew letter ה in its center - apparently Hashem [will raise him] - since he was an orphan) יגדלו לתורה (illustration of a Sefer Torah) ולחופה (illustration of a Chupah) ולמעשים טובים.
Varied crowns and decorations.
The Wimpel is written with Assyrian script and colored with varied colors.
Many stains and marks of usage.
At its end, two holes.
Width: 15 cm. Length: approx. 3 meters.
The Wimpel Custom
The Wimpel custom was common among the memebers of German communities.
During the Brit Milah, the baby was wrapped with a piece of cloth known as the Yudesh Windel (the Brit Milah diaper) from it, a Mapah (Wimpel in German) was made for binding the Sefer Torah.
On the cloth, the child's name was written alongside verses of blessing and prayer and varied decorations.
The first time the child went to the synagogue, the Wimpel was brought with him and he would hand it to the Golel to bind the Sefer Torah with it. On the child's Bar-Mitzvah, the Sefer Torah was again bound with his Wimpel.
Most of the Wimpels went up in flames during the Kristallnacht or were destroyed during the Holocaust.
[More about the Wimple, see: S.Z. Hamburger, Shorshei Minhag Ashkenaz, section II, p. 322 and onward and in his book Madrich Leminhag Ashkenaz Hamuvhak, p. 44].
