About Sifre Torah and ornaments

Sifre Torah are dressed according to the day they are used.

	From Rosh Hashanah till after Yom Kippur and on Hoshanah Rabbah, all ornaments of- an around the Sefer Torah are made from white cloth. The Rimonim (Torah finials) are filigree because of the white appearance. The Yad (pontero, pointer) is made from ivory.
	On Sukkot, for Tora mantles and Teba cloth green is used.
	On Simchat Torah the most colorful mantels are used, and golden crowns.
	On Purim, read is used, the so called “harlekijn kleed” (harlequin cloth). This is used because it (probably) belongs to “Dotar”, which was founded on Purim in the year 1615 and still has its annual drawing immediately after Purim
	On 9 Ab, all is black.

(pictures 1 & 3: B Stibbe, picture 2: J. Boosman, picture 4: JBS)

The Sefarim are placed in the Heichal in a specific order, according to these rules:

	Center place is most important
	Second is to the right of the first
	Third is to the left of the first, to have it surrounded.

This can be applied for the small Heichal, as it has a middle place. The big Heichal has an even number of fixed places, and therefore has no middle place. The first Sefer goes right from the middle (there is no middle place so right from the middle is most important). the second to its left, to surround the center of the Heichal and the third goes to the right of the first, to have it surrounded.

(Pictures: B. Stibbe)

Candlesticks

See Candle protocol