[Jewelry making - Article 00337] - Re: [Orchid] [Tidbits] Italian Jewish Wedding Ring

[Helen Hill]

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Dear Rourke,

>     inside was engraved a date and "miz pah" any comments?

    See Genesis chapter 31 vs 49. It's Hebrew and represents a friendship
    agreement between the previously alienated Laban and Jacob. It's to
    represent God looking over them whenever they are apart. Mizpah has
    been used in jewellery in recent years in the form of a two-part
    medallion where one part is kept by one friend and the other by the
    other friend. 

Helen
Preston, UK
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