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Keter (crown).
Symbolic representation of the three crowns: learning, priesthood, royalty. Below is a representation of the Tabernacle or the Temple with the seven-branched candelabrum, the ark of the law, and the cherubim in the center. The shew-bread is on the left. The hands below represent the priesthood with an incense-holder.
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Yale University Library
Nanette Stahl, Judaica Curator
and Judy A. Schiff, Chief Research Archivist,
Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library
All contents copyright (C) 1995
Yale University Library
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URL: http://www.library.yale.edu/exhibition/judaica/