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[one_half padding=\"0 10px 0 10px\"]<\/p>\r\n[fusion_dropcap color=\"\" boxed=\"yes\" boxed_radius=\"8px\" class=\"\" id=\"\"]A<\/strong>[\/fusion_dropcap] 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.\r\n\r\nRead our article below to know\u00a0more about this traditional Jewish sign. Our Mizrach Signs\u00a0are\u00a0framed ceramic tiles decorated with designs matching our\u00a0Ceramic Door Signs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0set in a 23 x 18 cm (9\u2032 x 7\u2032)\u00a0solid wood frame with hanger on back.\r\n\r\n[\/one_half][one_half_last padding=\"0 10px 0 10px\"]\r\n\r\nWhen ordering a Mizrach Sign you can choose between the following text options:\r\n

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  1. MIZRACH<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t
  2. MIZRACH<\/strong>\u00a0+\u00a0Im eshkachech Yerushalayim Tishkach yemini<\/strong>\u00a0(If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning \u2013 Psalms, cxxxvii. 5).<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. MIZRACH<\/strong>\u00a0+\u00a0Mimizrach shemesh ad mevooh mehullal shem H\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof, HaShem\u2019s name is to be praised \u2013 Psalms, cxiii.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n
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    On Mizrach Signs<\/h2>\r\nby Michael Hallel<\/em>\r\n[one_half padding=\"0 10px 0 10px\"]\r\n\r\nThe 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 (1 Kings, viii. 38, 44, 48). After the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 586 BCE, offerings were replaced by prayers, recited while facing Jerusalem (Daniel, vi. 10-11). The custom of gathering for communal prayers in synagogues began no later than during the 3rd century BCE, even before the second Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. Ancient synagogues uncovered in various countries had their most decorated wall in the direction of Jerusalem. The synagogue on Masada (destroyed in 73 CE) shows that the congregation faced Jerusalem when praying. The custom of facing Jerusalem was given the status of an outright instruction in the Talmud (Berachot 30).\r\nNowadays, the Holy Ark with the Torah is installed in a synagogue in the general direction of Jerusalem so all congregants face Jerusalem during the ceremony. The main part of the three daily prayers constitutes a series of blessings and is called either \u2018Shmoneh-Esreh\u2019, after the original 18 blessings, or \u2018Amidah\u2019, as it is said standing, facing Jerusalem.\r\n\r\n[\/one_half][one_half_last padding=\"0 10px 0 10px\"]\r\n\r\nOnce most Jews in exile lived west of Jerusalem and would face east, or \u2018Mizrach\u2019 when praying. To help them face the correct direction for prayer even after several generations in the Diaspora, many people began to hang a decorative sign with the word \u2018Mizrach\u2019 on an eastern wall within their homes. In time Jews dispersed in other directions too, so the \u2018Mizrach\u2019 sign and the direction of prayer no longer coincided. People living north of Jerusalem (like Eastern Europe) placed a sign with the word \u2018Mizrach\u2019 on the eastern wall of their living room, but prayed facing south, to Jerusalem. Eastern-wall seats in European synagogues carried a higher prestige. Modern Mizrach signs are known from about the 18th century and are executed using various techniques and materials, such as ceramic, wood or metal. Originally they were prepared chiefly by students in traditional Jewish schools devoted to the study of the Talmud, the rabbinic laws based on traditional interpretation of the Bible.\r\n\r\n[\/one_half_last]","link":"https:\/\/www.smallsigns.net\/en\/products\/jewish-gifts\/mizrach-signs\/","name":"Mizrach Signs","slug":"mizrach-signs","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":394,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallsigns.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallsigns.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallsigns.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallsigns.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/394"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallsigns.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}