Parokhet - a curtain before the ark of the covenant (Aron ha-Kodesh or “Holy Ark” - a chest or closet to keep the scrolls of the Torah). Parokhet is made of burgundy velvet richly embroidered with silk, gold and colored threads. The curtain was donated by Rebecca, the daughter of Rabbi Tsvi Hirsh in memory of her relatives who vanished in the Holocaust (Shoa). Produced about the 90-ties of XX century. In a good condition.