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Spice Boxes
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The Moscow Memorial Synagogue (which I posted a picture of yesterday) has a number of display cases holding artifacts from eastern European Jewish culture, now mostly vanished. This particular displays is of some nineteenth century spice boxes, which are used in the Saturday evening Havdalah service (about 5 minutes long, and generally done at home) acknowledging the end of the Sabbath. You put some sweet smelling spice, such as cinnamon or cloves, into a spice box, and there is a point in the ritual where everyone smells the spices, so as to draw out the sweetness of the Sabbath a little longer.
These spice boxes are among the most unusual I've seen, as the openings are in the scales; a person would bend the fish slightly in order to open it and release the spice scent.
Technical: Cropping. B&W conversion, with sepia tint. |
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(6797) - [2008-04-20 17:41]
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Hi Daniel,
Spice box..huh! Very interesting shape for that. Something new I have learned today, thanks to this shot and your note.
Thanks for sharing,
Shaeri
Hi daniel nice shot good colours and effect also the fishes look nice
maybe the focus could be better
but well done
Toba
