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Challah cover Hand painted silk challah (Jewish bread) cover. This special cloth is used to cover the braided loaves of bread called challah bread. Free hand drawing of the Seven Species in delicate pastel shades. This bright and subtle challah cover is designed with HaMotzi lechem min haaretz (who brings forth bread from the earth) blessing. Its unique design and soft colors add serenity, pleasantness and a familial atmosphere. My challah covers echo the imagery and tones of the state of I...
Cosmic Tree
The Tree of Life is an important symbol in nearly every culture. With its branches reaching into the sky, and roots deep in the earth, it dwells in three worlds- a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below. It is both a feminine symbol, bearing sustenance, and a masculine, visibly phallic symbol- another union. In Jewish and Christian mythology, a tree sits at the center of both the Heavenly and Earthly Edens. The Norse cosmic World Ash, Ygdrassil...
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Shabbat is a weekly 25-hour observance, from sundown each Friday night through the completion of nightfall on Saturday. It’s symbolic of God’s seventh day of rest which after taking six days created the world. There are two special traditional on Shabbat. First is the special Shabbat meals, including blessing over wine and special braided egg breads called challah. Secondly, Jews will avoid from creative acts which might change the state of the world during Shabbat.
