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Opening Hours:

Sunday to Thursday: ‬09:00-17:00

Fridays and Holiday eves: ‬09:00-14:00

Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays.

Entrance to the Holocaust History Museum is not permitted for children under the age of 10. Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter.

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  4. A scroll of the Book of Esther, found in Vilna after the war

A scroll of the Book of Esther, found in Vilna after the war

A shell casing containing a scroll of the Book of Esther found in Vilna after the war
A shell casing containing a scroll of the Book of Esther found in Vilna after the war

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Marysa Katznelson, Israel

A scroll of the Book of Esther, found in Vilna after the war
A scroll of the Book of Esther, found in Vilna after the war

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Marysa Katznelson, Israel

A yad (pointer) for a Torah scroll
A yad (pointer) for a Torah scroll

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Marysa Katznelson, Israel

01. PrewarHolidays and religious life