Structural and semantic analysis of Jewish carpets and Picture weave board as Taj Torah (Keter Torah)

The reflection of the themes of religious stories, which gradually became popular in Iranian carpet weaving from the Qajar era, gradually became one of the significant parts of the iconography system in the design and pictorial designs of Iranian carpets, it is possible to refer to the topics taken from the holy texts, especially the stories related to the prophets of Israel, in the carpets ordered by merchants and donated by influential jewish people. “Taj Torah“ selected passages of scriptures were woven into carpets and picture weave board, with a religious and missionary nature, for installation in synagogues or as gifts with the aim of introducing Jewish law. the purpose of this article is to introduce these symbolic pendants and read and analyze their content from the semantic and symbological perspective. the research question is, what are the hidden and implicit meanings behind the symbolic motifs and decorative arrays of the carpet text? Some research findings briefly include: in the past, taj torats wovens were in the dimensions of carpets and wool, but gradually they were woven in the form of silk tapestries. their formal design and structure is of columned altar type with six frames and mostly fixed pictorial narratives, in some cases, one or two new narratives have replaced the older ones. the contents of the narratives are: the spring flowing from the stone with the staff of Moses, the image of moses and the reading of the tablets of the ten commandments, praise the cherubim (angels) and the sending of people's prayers to the upper world. ascension of Elijah the prophet to heaven, sacrifice of Isaac/Ishmaeil, icon of Aaron and seven-branched menorah candlestick. this research is of qualitative and developmental type, descriptive-analytical research method and library data collection method.