Shaped like the Hebrew letter Dalet, Horizontal piece of brass featuring a silver fleur-de-lis on both sides with diamond shaped designs. At end is a silver balcony and windows with a brass Haman figurine hanging between two columns . Embellished above one side of the balcony in Hebrew is the words Arur Haman (cursed be Haman) and on the other side is the words Baruch Mordechai (Blessed is Mordechai) . Attached to a brass rotating cylinder with a silver tongue attached, to a vertical handle, which, when turned, makes noise.
This is a limited edition Grager its numbered 10 out of 24.
One of the most popular customs for Purim is to drown out the name of the villain, Haman, with a noisemaker. In Hebrew, it is called a ra’ashan; in Yiddish, it is a grogger, which comes from the Polish word for rattle.
There are records that children in ninth-century France and Germany used groggers on Purim. They took flat stones or wooden paddles on which Haman’s name was inscribed and beat them together when Haman’s name was mentioned in the reading of Megillat Ester. It was also popular to write Haman’s name on the soles of their shoes and then stamp their feet when his name was read, thus erasing his name
Marked and numbered at top
Good condition
14.5cm W/L x 13cm H.,
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