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The Jerusalem Mizrach papercut
The most common type of Jewish papercuts found in the European Diaspora is the Mizrach. The word Mizrach, which means East in Hebrew, was for East-European Jews the direction of Jerusalem. When praying they would face the eastern wall of the synagogue and mark it with a special ornamental wall plaque called a Mizrach. At the center, a frame of flowers and ornaments holds the Hebrew word Mizrach. To its left is the Tower of David and to the right, a palm tree, both standing behind the wall that surrounds the Old City. At bottom center the Western Wall stands between cypresses and on either side, Jerusalem houses, old and new.
Click here for the inner Mizrach only. |
