Jewish sign to indicate the direction of Jerusalem for prayer purposes. The Hebrew word says מזרח (mzrch, miz•rach, mizrah) which means east.<br>Detail from painting <i>[De Rouwdagen] De treurdagen</i><br>Material: fabric &amp; wood &amp; oil<br> An oil painting (with from left to right: Interior with four seated men dressed in tallit, a figure viewed from the back, a reader in tallit standing and facing to the left, two men, two women and a child, the scene around a table in front of a window, open door on the far right.)
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jan_Voerman" class="extiw" title="w:en:Jan Voerman"><span title="Dutch painter (1857-1941)">Jan Voerman</span></a>
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