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Seen here is a gold and silver Torah crown set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, amethysts and turquoises. Torah crowns are created to cover, protect and adorn the Torah scroll, a parchment handwritten with the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. These stunning, cylindrical Torah crowns were made in many countries, but this particular one was likely created in Vienna, Austria, circa 1825.

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