“MTZTAT” [MiZion Tezhe Torah?], flag of T”T [Talmud Torah] Argentina, [Buenos Aires, first decades of 20th century]. Colorful threads embroidery on silk. Hebrew Initials “MTZTAT” are embroidered in an oval frame with golden rays on top. On the lower part – embroidered entrance door in a stone wall and below it two Shofarot. On the reverse of the flag appears a (blurred) ink stamp: “MTZTAT”, Buenos Aires, Year…” (Hebrew). Elaborate golden-thread fringes. 115X60 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and unraveled threads. One of the fringes is detached.

A large, colorful, “Mizrah”, created by Shaul Ben Pinchas Hornstein. Lithographic printing by Em. Joachim, Vienna, 1889. Depictions of sites in Jerusalem are based on the prototype drawn by R’ Yehossef Schwartz in 1837. Rabbi Shaul Hornstein – author of “Givat Shaul” (Vienna 1883), a book about the geography and history of Eretz Israel settlements and holy sites from biblical times to modern times. The ”Mizrah” offered here portrays graphic depictions of various sites, graves and towns in Eretz Israel: At the top - tombs of Davidic Kings and the tomb of Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNess; in the center, a large image of the Western Wall and houses of Jerusalem below which appear sites on the Mediterranean seashore (“Yam HaGadol”): “Zo Ir HaKodesh Yaffo”, [the tomb of] “Elisha the Prophet [on] Mount Carmel”, “Ir HaKodesh Haifa” and “Zo Ir HaKodesh Zidon”; Along the right margins appear images of the tomb of Yossef HaTzadik, Cave of the Patriarchs, Rachel’s Tomb, tomb of Shamai HaZaken and the tombs of the Rambam and Hashla; along the left margins we see the tomb of Rabbi Yochanan HaSandlar, tomb of Hoshe’a the Prophet, tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, tomb of Shmuel the Prophet and the site of “Tiberias Hot Springs”. 61X48 cm. Fair condition. Slightly faded. Trimmed margins. Tears and breaks. Stains. Framed (unexamined out of frame). See: Jerusalem – Spirit and Matter, Nitza Behruzi (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, 1993), p.23.

“If I forget thee Oh Jerusalem…” (Hebrew). Colorful lithograph, created by Moshe ben Yitzchak Mizrahi. Jerusalem, [no printer’s name], 1902. Rich illustration of the Western Wall, “Midrash Shlomo”, Temple Mount, Kidron Valley Tombs, and more. Frame is composed of verses related to Jerusalem and illustrations of flowers. 42X47 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some tears to folding marks. This leaf it not recorded in the literature dealing with illustrations of holy places or with the works of Moshe Mizrahi.