Objects

Tallit in the form of a wide band made of cream wool. On the sides, there are black stripes of varying width alternating with cream ornaments sewn with shiny thread. The sides are trimmed with tassels. The corners of the tallit are reinforced with four-sided patches made of white satin, decorated with the motif of the Star of David and menorot and inscriptions in Hebrew. Longer knotted fringes – tzitzit – are attached to each corner of the tallit. A satin atarah decorated with plant motifs, Stars of David, and Hebrew inscriptions is sewn to one of the longer sides.

The tallit was donated to the Museum by Salomon Freifeld from Przemyśl in 1984.

In 1950, the Social and Cultural Association of Jews was founded in Przemyśl at 3 Tarnawskiego Street. Its main objective was to preserve Yiddish culture and language. It had some 50 members – Jewish Holocaust Survivors living in Przemyśl – who would meet in a large, well-equipped clubhouse with a library of books in Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish. One of the Association’s leading activists was Salomon Freifeld, who was a member of its first management board and concomitantly worked as its secretary.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Freifeld donated several items connected with Jewish culture and tradition to the National Museum of Przemyśl, including tallitot, kippot, and phylacteries.