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State Medal - Blessing
| Location | Israel |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Period | State of Israel (1948-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a stylized relief depiction of two priestly hands raised in the traditional Duchaning blessing gesture, with decorative scroll motifs on the palms. Above the hands, the Hebrew legend appears in the upper field with the divine name enlarged in prominent relief; below, the English legend runs along the lower circumference. |
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| Obverse script | Hebrew/Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylized relief depiction of an ancient inscribed scroll or amulet bearing the Priestly Blessing text in paleo-Hebrew script, referencing the First Temple period silver amulets. The legend in Hebrew appears along the upper circumference and in English along the left and lower circumference of the field. |
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