Mizrach Wall Signs
A Mizrach Sign has always been found
in almost any traditional Jewish home fixed on the eastern wall as
a reminder of the direction of Jerusalem.
Mizrach is the Hebrew word for East, and when a
Jew prays, he or she is supposed to face Jerusalem and the Temple
Mount.
What
is a Mizrach Sign?
The custom of facing Jerusalem and the Temple Mount while
praying goes back to the biblical account of the prayers of Solomon
at the consecration ceremony of the Temple... (Read Mizrach sign history)
Inscription Options
We have selected three Hebrew text options that you can have inscribed in your Mizrach sign:
1) "MIZRACH" in Hebrew.
2) "MIZRACH" + "Im eshkachech Yerushalayim Tishkach yemini" in Hebrew (If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning - Psalms, cxxxvii. 5).
3) "MIZRACH" + "Mimizrach shemesh ad mevooh mehullal shem H’" in Hebrew (From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof HaShems name is to be praised - Psalms, cxiii. 3).
Mizrach Sign models
Basically you can order any of the 3 inscriptions above on any sign model.
In the columns at right we present few samples of different sign models inscribed with these inscriptions.
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