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Also known as Torah binder, mappah, mappa

thumb|center|600px|A modern Wimpel with the name obscured

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  • Origins
  • Creating the wimpel
  • Symbols and motifs
  • Bringing the wimpel
  • Other uses
  • Lengnau Mappot
  • Notes and references
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|center|600px|A modern Wimpel with the name obscured

A wimpel (, from German, "cloth," derived from Old German, bewimfen, meaning "to cover up" or "conceal") is a long, linen sash used as a binding for the Sefer Torah by Jews of Germanic origin. It is made from the cloth used to swaddle a baby boy at his bris milah, uniting the communal world of the synagogue with the individual's own life cycle.

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