GOLD EMBROIDERED VAIL FOR THE ARK
... IF our readers will turn to the teenty-sixth chapter of Exodus, verses 31 to 33, they will find an allusion made to the vail which was to be hung up before the ark in which were deposited the scrolls of the law. This custom has been cherished by the Jews in all ages, and is still universally observed in all their synagogues. The particular one represented in our engraving has been designed and ...