Silver synagogue lamp, Egypt, 1944.
Engraved and punched silver.
At the top of this lamp is a hook attached to a “Hamsa” with an inscription in bold letters: "Ben Porat Yoseph". A half circle decoration attaches to the “Hamsa” with hooks for hanging three pendants (two are missing). The existing pendant is inscribed: "Shadai" and "Tzmarchad" – Kabalistic names for God. Three chains attach to the main circular dish. The center of the lamp is inscribed with a dedication: "To the ascent of the soul of the honored woman Clemantin Mizrachi, daughter of Katon dedicated to God, given to the Or Torah community". An additional inscription was added with the date of the death. Around the inscription: two Stars of David and a signature of "Chaim Cohen Tzaban" were added. The bottom of the lamp has a “Hamsa” with the inscriptions: "Shadai" and "Tzmarchad".
Length with the chain: 70 cm. The “Hamsa” at the top of the lamp is not original.

A tall Elijah's Chair ["Kiseh Eliyahu"]. [First half of 20th cent].
Wood, painted in gold; velvet covered seat.
This monumental chair is made in a folkloristic craftsmanship fashion, in a neo-Baroque style with wood openwork in dense vegetal designs. In the chair's center appears the inscription "Zeh Hakiseh shel Eliyahu HaNavih" [This is Elijah's Chair]; carved birds on both sides of the inscription. A Star of David in a vegetal frame appears on the top of the chair. Two bending lions are craved on both arm rests. Legs are curved. Red velvet upholstery on arm rests and seat.
Height: 2 meters, max. width: 72 cm, depth: 74 cm. Several cracks to wood, paint flaking, loose parts and some repairs with glue.

Passover plate. Alsace, [19th century].
Porcelain (manufacturer's stamp on the reverse).
A plate depicting the Exodus, illustrated in brown and white linear style, with a man and a woman holding hands in the center. (The figures and the landscape have clear European characteristics). On the border of the plate the words "Passover", "Matzah" and "Maror" are written in Hebrew.
Diameter: 37 cm.