Circumcision box

Not on view

Date1923-1953

Mediumwood, covered in leather, velvet lined

Dimensionsbox: 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.

ClassificationsJudaica

Credit LineGift of Ida Rosen

Object number1027.90.2

Object DescriptionBlack box to hold circumcision shield.

Collections

Judaica

Keywords

Ritual
Circumcision

NotesRabbi Moses R. Friedman performed his first circumcision on his son, Joseph in 1923. He was associated with several Congregations in Dover, Delaware and Leighton, Coatesville and York, Pennsylvania between 1919 and 1953. Rabbi Friedman was born November 1898 in Jerusalem and died in the United States on December 9, 1972. Rabbi Friedman was the father of the donor.

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