Objects

The Torah scroll (Hebrew: Sefer Torah), also known as rodale, is kept in every synagogue in the aron ha-kodesh, the Holy Ark. The scroll is wound around two wooden poles (Hebrew: ēṣ haḥayyīm, meaning trees of life), which are often made of precious wood. The protruding parts of the parchment are usually adorned with a pair of ornaments called rimonim (Hebrew: pomegranates) decorated with small bells.

The metal pole from the collection of the Education and Museum Centre "Świętokrzyski Sztetl" is tarnished and discolored. It has a cone-shaped finial at the top and decorative ornaments in the form of flowers and geometric motifs. One small bell has been preserved.

The item belongs to a group of items that were donated to the Education and Museum Centre "Świętokrzyski Sztetl" on 29 August 2021 by Mr. Jacek Kłosowski. These Judaica items were kept in the home of Józef and Róża Kłosowski (around 1940) in Przemyślany (currently in Ukraine). The Kłosowski family received them from a Jewish family for safekeeping. After fleeing from the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the Kłosowski family settled in Poland.