Torah binder (wimpel) made from swaddling cloth used at a circumcision ceremony. Silk embroidery on linen, made up of four pieces joined by ornamental seams. Stitches : buttonhole, stem, satin and feather. Colours : dark green, blue, purple, beige and yellow. Ther are representations of the child's zodiacal birth sign, Capricorn the Goat; an antelope which is the emblem of the tribe of Napthali; the huppah or nuptial canopy; and a figure in contemporary dress wearing a mortar-board hat, carrying a Torah scroll and pointing to the Tablets of the Law.