DON&amp;#8217;T BE A WIMP(EL), IT&amp;#8217;S A FREILACH! - JUNE IS WEDDING MONTH!
Detail  of a wimpel showing a bride and groom under the huppah. &nbsp; A wimpel is a special piece of decorated fabric used to &amp;#8216;bind&amp;#8217; a Torah scroll&amp;#8212;that is, it wraps around the scroll during storage to keep it from rolling or&nbsp;unraveling. &nbsp;Many Jews will decorate their own wimpels either around the time of their Bar/Bat Mitzvah&amp;#8217;s, or they might receive them from their parents shortly after their births. &nbsp;As in tthis example, wimpels&nbsp;typically&nbsp;depict life-cycle events.
Germany, 1753. Linen,  embroidered with silk. Collection of Yeshiva University Museum (1983.88) Gift of  Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Jesselson.