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- Collection: TSNHS Artifacts, Objects, Art works
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Ten Commandments Painting
Hangs over the Ark
Torah scroll on deerskin
"In a footnote in his diary, Vol. 1, page 6, Dr. Ezra Stiles [a noted diarist of Rhode Island and later president of Yale College] notes that he was told by Dr. Isaac Touro [first hazzan of Congregation Yeshuat Israel] that this scroll was presented…
Wooden Tsedakah (charity) Boxes
The pre-restoration Tsedakah boxes were chipped and the surface eroded. The silver escutcheon and nameplate were tarnished. The donation slots had been eroded from use over the years.
To preserve the historic character of the slots, the…