The custom to use Torah binders was adopted by Ashkenazi communities and we have evidence of it from the 16th century onwards. The swaddling of the newborn boy, used at the circumcision ceremony, was cut into four strips that were sewn together into one long band and embroidered. It was then donated to the synagogue upon the boy’s first birthday, which was used to bind the Torah scroll. The inscriptions of the Torah binders are identical, apart from minor variations: “N., the respectable NN’s son was born under a fortunate star on the day of the week, day-month-year.” The second part of the inscription contains a benediction that echoes what is recited during the circumcision: “May the Lord grant that he grows to the Torah, the chuppah, and good deeds.” The letters were drawn by an experienced scribe, then it was embellished with flowers, plant motifs, geometric shapes, and crowns over the letters by the embroiderer.