Tefillin bag

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: 1906 (indexed as 1906)
Level: item
Scope & content: Blue cloth, machine sewn and hand stitched along the edges, with a yellow inner lining. No decorative detailing found on the bag. Narrative: Tefilin bag belonging to Benjamin Garfinkel. Benjamin Garfinkel was born in Kytaihorod in 1894 and lived there until 1926, when he, his wife and two daughters immigrated to Canada where he lived until his death in 1974. Benjamin was not an ordained rabbi, but he was considered a learned man and was often referred to as reb, a title often used for leamed men. And while not a follower of the chasidic movement, he was a direct, seventh generation descendant of the Ba'al Shem Tov, the founder of chasidism.
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