HI Here's a difficult question and the story behind it. At the pioneer village where I work we have a Jewish man who would wear an 1860's yarmulka if I made and embroidered it. The amusing thing is that he will be in our protestant manse 2 days of his shift. Perhaps he could be a visiting rabbi?
I do not really know where to look for the research I need. Any suggestions?.
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In the Many years i read about male head covers i never heard about a Specific 1860 embroidered yarmulka ????? but just in case i will forward this request to other people who know about such things .... A rabbi is a proffessional title , not something everybody can be ,, mirjam
From: Haya Meyerowitz To: Mirjam Bruck-Cohen Cc: snipped-for-privacy@cogeco.ca Subject: Re: help request (fwd)
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Dear Nancy,
There are many sources of photographs of embroidered yarmelkas from the period that you request, even some embroidery experts who are willing to help advise you about techniques to reproduce them. I have spoken with Megina Shlain a teacher of embroidery here in Jerusalem, with an extensive personal collection of textiles, author of two books on Jewish embroidery techniques. She is quite willilng to assist you, but needs/ requests more information about the area of the world, from which you'd like to copy a yarmelka of that period. Designs from North Africa were quite different from those in Europe. Infact, each country had unique patterns.
Megina is not fluent in English, but I am more than willing to be the translater between Englilsh from you to Hebrew for her) and vise versa with her answers.
Dear Nancy,
There are many sources of photographs of embroidered yarmelkas from the period that you request, even some embroidery experts who are willing to help advise you about techniques to reproduce them. I have spoken with Megina Shlain a teacher of embroidery here in Jerusalem, with an extensive personal collection of textiles, author of two books on Jewish embroidery techniques. She is quite willilng to assist you, but needs/ requests more information about the area of the world, from which you'd like to copy a yarmelka of that period. Designs from North Africa were quite different from those in Europe. Infact, each country had unique patterns.
Megina is not fluent in English, but I am more than willing to be the translater between Englilsh from you to Hebrew for her) and vise versa with her answers.
NANCY i forwarded your request to Haya Mayerowitz who sent you an answer but it came back , thus i forwarded it here to you ,,,,, i am sorry by mistake i resent my old answer as well ,, mirjam
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