Israeli Religious Medals

We present here a picture gallery of tokens and medals, distributed in Israel, that relate to religious events, persons, buildings, ideas or traditions. For IGCMC medals of Jewish holidays, look at this page. Commemorative medals of famous rabbis can be found here. Blessing Coins and amulets are found on a special page.

		Medal in memory of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Shteinman Silver colored Diameter 45 mm
		Copper coin of the Belz Hasidism, 'Simchat Beit Belz'. Year 1993 Diameter approx. 3 cm
		Bat Mitzvah I State Medal 1978 / 5738 Tombac, Diameter 59 mm, Weight 98 gram Cu-Ni, Diameter 39 mm, Weight 26 gram Issued by IGCMC
		Bat Mitzvah presented by Egged Diameter 59 mm
		Bar Mitzvah II State Medal 1978 / 5738 Tombac, Diameter 59 mm, Weight 98 gram Cu-Ni, Diameter 39 mm, Weight 26 gram Issued by IGCMC
		Bar Mitzva Bronze Diameter 60 mm
		Bar Mitzva Presented by Egged Tombac Diameter 59 mm Weight 98 gram Produced by Zechovoy
		Bar Mitzva Copper Nickel Weight 17 gram
		Wedding State Medal 1978 / 5738 Tombac Diameter 59 mm, Weight 98 gram Issued by IGCMC
		Israeli Hebrew calendar token with Jewish Holidays 1959-60 Obverse: shaded shape of Israel (per 1949 borders) within circle, emitting rays; Hebrew with English legend "For out of Zion shall go forth the law (Isaiah 2 v3)] | Jerusalem". Reverse: a globe device split into segments to highlight the business calendar dates of Jewish holidays, with vertical legend in center "1959 Holidays 1960". Maybe Silver Diameter 35.75 mm Weight 17.05 gram
		General Israel Orphans Home for Girls Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy Diameter about 40 mm
		Otsar HaMikdash (Temple Treasure)  Front: Symbol of the Temple Back: Toward renewal of the Commandment of Half Shekel 2001 35 Year of Liberation of the City To the redemption of Holy Jerusalem Metal: Silver 925 Weight: 13.7 gram
		Token in honor of completion the Dayly Page of the Mishna (Daf Yomi) Around the text of "Dayly Page" and the Hebrew Year 2019-2020, the names of the 6 Orders (Chapters) of the Mishna are written. The other side of the medal show a sailing ship with the text: A page of a ship appeared to me and every wave that came to me, I shook my head at him.   Bimetal Diameter 28 mm  https://daf-yomi.com/
		A medal as above but in grey metal.
		18 Prutot Parashat Pinchas
		Bnei Akiva "Merkaz Yeshivot" This medal commemorates the "Merkaz Yeshivot" (network of Jewish religious studies centers) of the "Bnei Akiva" ("Sons of Akiva") Zionist-religious youth movement. On the obverse of the medal is depicted the building of Bnei Akiva's first Yeshiva high school in the village of Kfar HaRoeh (built in 1939). The medal probably dates to 1989 (50th anniversary of the Merkaz Yeshivot). Silver 925 Diameter 36 mm Weight 14 gram
		Heichal Shlomo, Jerusalem Medal of the complex which serves as the seat of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate since 1958, named after Shlomo Wolfson, the father of Sir Isaac Wolfson, who donated the money for the contruction of the building. The medal depicts an image of the building on the obverse with the emblem of the Chief Rabbinate surmounted by a quote from the Bible "And They Judged the Nation with Fair Justice" (Deuteronomy/Dvarim 9-7, 18) and Hebrew legend "Heichal Shlomo Jerusalem" on the reverse. Bronze Diameter 30 mm Weight 18.15 gram
		70th Anniversary of the Chabad Yeshiva in the City of Hebron 1982 Silver 935 Diameter 35 mm Weight 30 gram Torat Emet in the city of Hebron was founded in 1901 by the Rashb Rebbe.
		Yeshiva "Yachel Israel" / "Vizhnitz"  medal circa 1980's Silvered Bronze Diameter 59 mm Weight 97.1 gram
		Inauguration of Yeshiva Keter Israel 26 October 1987 Bnei Brak Bronze Diameter about 6 cm
		Renewal of Jewish City of Hebron 400 Silver Shekels Silver Diameter 59 mm