Jewitch-ing Hour

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Jewitch-ing Hour

Jewitch-ing Hour, Dunn, North Carolina. 915 likes · 10 talking about this. Jewitch sharing Jewish Flexidoxy, Jewish mysticism, Jewish shaman

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One of my Evil Eye amulets and they are for warding off the ayin hara aka envy, jealousy, bad intent/luck. This one is kept on a door.

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Mostly acrylic on canvas.

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“Before the war, we had an old neighbor. Altman was his name,” Galina told me today.

“Each year as the weather worsened he would build a hut in our joined courtyard”. 

“I had no idea what the purpose was at the time. But he would get all excited once it was built and sing lively songs.”

“All of us children would run around the hut dancing to his songs.”

“Sadly, Mr. Altman passed away during the war. And that was the last time the hut was built in our yard.”

“Only years later, in the 90’s, once I started attending synagogue, did I realize that it was actually a Sukkah, and our old friend Altman was celebrating Sukkos.”

“It’s been 80 years since our house has felt the holiday of Sukkos.”

“This year, I couldn’t come to the synagogue to celebrate, but you brought Sukkos back to our house.”

“Back to Altman’s house.”

Source: Chaim Danzinger

Humans of Judaism is in Rostov-on-Don.

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Prayer Shawl, Persia, early 20th century, cotton embroidered with wool thread, 16.5 × 85 cm, The Jewish Museum, New York. 

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Sukkot by Ilex Chaim Beller (1914-2005)

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Gorgeous piece! 🍋🌴🌿

חג סוכות שמח

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The Four Species are often said to represent the four types of Jew. The etrog, which has both smell and taste, is the ideal Jew, one who studies Torah and performs mitzvot. The palm has good-tasting fruit but not fragrance; it is like a Jew who studies Torah but performs no good deeds. The myrtle has a good fragrance, but no taste; it resembles a Jew who does good deeds, but doesn’t study Torah. And the willow, which has neither taste nor fragrance, is like a Jew who neither studies nor keeps the mitzvot. All four of these Jews are necessary to the sustaining of the people Israel, an essential part of the Jewish community, even the unbelieving nonpracticing one. When they are united, each makes up for the shortcomings of the others.

Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & Rituals by George Robinson

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On view now in Scenes from the Collection, this painting by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim is one of the earliest self-portraits by a Jewish artist. Born to Orthodox parents in the ghetto of Hanau, Germany on this day in 1800, Oppenheim later went on to study academic painting Munich Academy of Arts—an opportunity previously unavailable to Jews, and a vivid testimony to the emergence of Jewish artists during the 19th century.

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CRAZY to think abt the overtly Jewish themes in early comics, I mean superman is Moses, diana is a Golem, and Batman just straight up a matrilineal jew. All written by Jewish writers. And people just IGNORE that.

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Chag Pesach Sameach

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♡ Passover WLW Moodboard ♡ chag pesach sameach!!

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Using candle colors can affect what type of magic you are going for, fire is the element of fast acting change and transformation. So candle magic is a strong magic to use on a daily basis

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Learn Ladino

Ladino, otherwise known as Judeo-Spanish or Judeo-Espanyol is a minority language spoken almost exclusively by Sephardic Jews. It’s main influence is Old Castillian Spansih, and anyone who speaks Spanish won’t have too much difficulty in understanding it, but it is also influenced by Hebrew, Turkish, and Arabic. Because it is only spoken by between 60,000 and 400,000 people, resources for learning Ladino are scarce, so I wanted to share the online (free!) resources I’ve found for those who would like to learn

Online Courses

Endangered Languages Online Course - a series of videos that take you through conversational Ladino

A Beginner’s Course to Ladino - I cannot recommend this course enough, the lady who does the videos is so sweet and helpful. There is homework and resources. If you want to learn Ladino, you should definitely check this out

Ladino Language and Song - this course is being run at the moment so if you’re quick you can be a part of the live sessions!

Social Media Accounts

@ladino_hoy on Instagram is a Spanish account aimed at teaching common Ladino phrases

@SephardicBrothe on Twitter often posts resources in Ladino and is definitely worth following to stay updated on new resources coming out

@SarahAroeste on Twitter makes music in Ladino and often posts resources as well

Basics

Getting started - an introduction to grammar and phrases in Ladino

Diksionario de Djudeo-Espanyol a Inglez - an essential resource, this is a PDF Ladino and English dictionary

Ladino Phrasebook - A very basic introduction into greetings in Ladino, helpful for beginners

Kan Ladino - A regular radio programme in Ladino, complete with music and conversation, very helpful

I aim to be posting more about Ladino because it is such a beautiful language, and definitely deserves more recognition, but I hope this can help people get started! Shalom!

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Esther Scroll, Ancona, early 18th century

Handwritten text, unfinished decorated cut-away parchment Parchment, 8 membranes, 39 text columns,  23x458 cm Carved wooden roller Gift of Mrs. Erna Ascoli in memory of her husband U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art ON 0495

This scroll is a beautiful example of the particular style of decoration that flourished in the Italian towns of Ancona and Lugo in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Artists in these towns specialized in a laborious technique whereby the parchment was cut away to create an intricately patterned frame for the text that reminds us of the beautiful lace used in fashions of that period. This elaborate technique was employed to adorn megillot, ketubbot and a variety of Judaica objects. Only a few such Italian cut-out parchment scrolls remain today.