Mizrach

This beautiful paper-cut, was sent to Hidden Treasures by the maker’s great-great great granddaughter who has had it restored and displays it proudly in her home. It was made it in 1858 in the Ukraine and is placed to show which direction is east, or mizrach, so that ones prayers can be directed towards Jerusalem. The Hebrew reads ‘from the rising of the sun to its setting, praised is the name of Hashem’.