This 1940s bust of Hillel by Ahron Ben Shmuel is a recent gift to our colleciton from Walter Goldfrank. Is the high, domed forehead supposed to suggest his wisdom and if so, is he bald pate a reference to the expression “grass doesn’t grow on a busy street”?
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Reading the Torah. Three men in front of Torah Ark, one using a pointer to point to text. Early 20th century. Scrap, paper, printed and embossed. Yeshiva University Museum Collections.
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