Aron kodesh. Moldova (Romania). 1866. Carved wood with toning. 270 х 232. The carved inscriptions include the texts of the Ten Commandments; the prayer ‘Our Father, Our King, open the gates of heaven to our prayers’; and also the dedication: ‘This Aron kodesh has been donated by Pesach Nakht in memory of his father and mother, Rabbi Yisrael Nakht and his wife Ethel, Year 5626 from the Creation of the World’. Hebrew.