Mizrach Wall Hanging

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Mizrach wall hanging.

A unique and lovely gift idea. Initially the mizrah wall in synagogues was on the side of the entrance. It is made of raw silk with applique s embroidered onto its base to give the wall hanging more color and texture. Perfect for a jewish home or synagogue to mark the direction of prayer.

5 out of 5 stars 113 113 reviews 182 02. The mizrach was a wall hanging for the most eastern wall of the jewish home reminding them which way to face while praying toward jerusalem and directing the family s thoughts to that holy city during prayer. You have the option to cut out the scroll from the background and attach grommets and a ribbon or leave it uncut as a poster. Choose your favorite mizrach designs and purchase them as wall art home decor phone cases tote bags and more.

Hand painted this work beautifully portrays the sun setting against the tel aviv skyline with a sailboat gliding across the mediterranean sea in the foreground. Shop for mizrach art from the world s greatest living artists. Delicate and colorful beads hang from the bottom as well as on the ends of the hanging rod on the top. In eretz israel the wall facing the temple site was changed from the side of the entrance to the side of the ark in the 5th or 6th century.

To find this direction a mizrach sign or mizrach plaque is hung in the room to point east. This inspiring mizrach wall hanging will motivate your students to daven with more intense kavanah. A mizrach sign was hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction and orientation for prayers east mizrach is considered the resting place of the shechina hashem s or g d s presence is towards the east. 6 5 x 10 4 16 5 x 26 5 cm a beautiful decorative wall hanging that displays the hebrew word mizrach east.

In eastern europe the mizrach was frequently an object not just of devotion but also of beauty. Now you can add this iconic city to your home décor with this remarkable ceramic wall hanging from art in clay. However the remains of the dura europos synagogue on the euphrates reveal that by the 3rd century c e. The doors were on the eastern side and the opposite wall in which a special niche had been made to place the scrolls during worship faced jerusalem.

Mizrach east is written on its stem referring to its place in the temple next to the holy of holies. Place it on the east wall of the classroom to identify what direction to face.