RARE Jewish Judaica Vintage Israel Israeli 1949 Simchat Torah Flag Art D. Gilboa

Flag for Simchat Torah drawn by David Gilboa immediately after the establishment of the State.1948-1949.

At the center of the flag, children dancing in a circle around a Torah scroll with flags of Israel in their hands.

Illustrations of holy places alongside places of national importance: the Tomb of Rachel, the Western Wall, the Hebrew University in on Mount Scopus, and the Knesset in Tel Aviv (After the establishment of the State, the Knesset resided for nine months in the Opera House close to the beach of Tel Aviv). 

This flag by David Gilboa expresses the spirit of those first days of the State: to the traditional Torah scroll are added national sites and flags of Israel.

Rare!