A Collection of Two Printed Silk Cloths for Challah. Jerusalem, Early 20th Century

Lithographic printing on pink silk cloth. In the center of the cloth is the seven-branched Menorah, with the words “Lichvod Shabbat V’Yom Tov” above it. On both its sides is the blessing for candlelighting, and underneath it, a techina in Yiddish. In addition are the words of the piyut “Shalom Aleichem” and words of Kiddush for Shabbat and festivals. On the cloth’s four corners and center of the bottom section are pretty illustrations of holy sites in the Land of Israel. The printer’s name appears (on one of the cloths), in the bottom right corner: Monsohn Jerusalem.