Wimpel: OmniScriptum Wimpel: Sefer Torah, Ashkenazi Jews, Brit Milah, Synagogue, Tannaim, Mitzvah, Aliyah (Torah), Kiddush, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Aufruf Paperback

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A wimpel is a long, linen sash used as a binding for the Sefer Torah by Jews of Germanic (Yekke) 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. There are many variations as to what takes place at the actual wimpel ceremony. One common approach is to bring it to synagogue when the boy turns three and is toilet-trained. He and his father get the aliyah of gelilah, and together they wrap the wimpel around the Torah. (Variations include the child's age, the type of aliyah, and the extent of the child's participation in the actual ceremony.) Afterwards, the family invites the community to join them for a kiddush, a small celebratory party.