wimpel
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thumb|center|600px|A modern Wimpel with the name obscured
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Jewish ceremonial art
- Subclass of
- religious clothing
- Image
- WLA jewishmuseum Torah Binder.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mappa
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Creating the wimpel
- Symbols and motifs
- Bringing the wimpel
- Other uses
- Lengnau Mappot
- Notes and references
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|center|600px|A modern Wimpel with the name obscured
A wimpel (, from German, "cloth," derived from Old German, bewimfen, meaning "to cover up" or "conceal") is a long, linen sash used as a binding for the Sefer Torah by Jews of Germanic origin. It is made from the cloth used to swaddle a baby boy at his bris milah, uniting the communal world of the synagogue with the individual's own life cycle.
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