Crotalus (instrument)
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A crotalus, also known as a crotalum or clapper, is a wooden liturgical rattle or clapper that replaces altar bells during the celebration of the Tridentine Paschal Triduum at the end of Lent in the C
A crotalus on display
A matraca from Mission Santa Barbara, c. 1900
Grager
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A grager, also gragger, grogger or gregger, is a noisemaking device, most commonly a ratchet, used to make noise by the congregation when the name of Haman is read out during the recitation of the Meg
Crotalus (instrument)
…to Spanish imperial holdings in the Americas following their 1492 expulsion from Spain would bring ceremonial objects with them. Among these were gragers for celebrating Purim, which could pass as the matracha of Catholic usage. In Rome, the instrument sometimes appears similar to baby rattles. The…
Yitzhak Shamir spinning a gragger
Knocking out Haman's name from stones
18th century Megillah reading; children with graggers in the back
Purim Exhibition at Heichal Shlomo in Jerusalem