One of my close friends has been on her journey as a Jew by choice for a little over two years. She lives in a major metropolitan and we meet up once a month, since my husband and I had to move to a different military base a few hours away. What online shop(s) would you recommend for Judaica? I'm looking at getting her two special items for when she's out of her mikveh next month.
Thank you in advance x
Apologies since English is my second language and I'm still unfamiliar with the conversion process, so hopefully what I've said is correct
The main character was a Jewish boy of about bar mitzvah age. I remember he had to descend into a cave to retrieve some artifact or treasure.
His Dumbledore-esque mentor was a beloved Rabbi. After the rabbi character died, MC had to get his Tallis checked to make sure it was kosher, and the person who did it had to cut into it, which the MC described as painful to see his beloved mentor’s Tallis get cut.
I know this won’t mean much, but I remember the cover was purple or lavender-sky-blue with a penciled illustration of the boy and the rabbi descending into the cave.
I have no idea what this book could be, but I remember enjoying it as a 10-12 year old.
Hello Tribesfolk! Looking for 2 books
- A decent guide to business halacha
- A decent collection of interesting and insightful Gemarra. I really like the strange and metaphysical stuff. Not exactly cliff notes or for dummies books but I honestly do not have the bandwidth to fully immerse myself right now so something I can go in and out of is ideal. Hope everyone is doing well!
I was wondering if you guys would like to share homemade Judaica you maybe made yourselves or were gifted or such? I've got a lot of time on my hands and getting crafty is always a good way to kill the time.
Anybody made their own tallitot? Katan or gadol, I'm curious about both.
Any homemade havdalah candles? What was the process like?
I don't have a lot of money and I hate how expensive some Judaica is so it'd be nice to make my own. Maybe make a day out of it and virtually hang out while tackling some of these ideas.
Shavuah tov!
We're doing a cleaning-out and have a pile of stuff, such as embroidered challah covers, challah boards, a seder plate, a kiddush cup, and can't envision re-gifting at this point (our friends are now all married, or unlikely to get married).
These aren't high-value judaica, such as seforim, siddurim, chumashim, shofarot, mezuzot and these ones have no family heritage or sentimental value for us. We're happy with the judaica we have in rotation right now, and don't see a reason to keep a third challah cover, or a fourth kiddush cup. What do I do with these?
I did some googling and can't find an organization eager for this sort of stuff.
*Posting this early because I know what it's like to miss out on things because of holidays.*
Hi, I'm Michelle Margolis (some know me as Hadassah and/or Chesner) and I'm a librarian/curator of everything Jewish, from the beginning of the world (whatever that means to you) to this afternoon. As part of my job, I collect information in all media (digital, paper, parchment, etc.) and assist people with their research, no matter how small or large. I work with an amazing collection of rare Judaica (third in the USA for manuscripts, and first of a secular research institution, although Penn is swiftly creeping up there), and I'm the VP of "The Leading Authority in Judaica Librarianship," ie The Association of Jewish Libraries. I also co-direct a project that tracks the movement of early printed Jewish books through time and place (like the Jews, Jewish books get around, and not always by choice). We've discovered that books are the largest hidden archive of the Jewish people - they leave amazing traces of their owners/users/expurgators. #ilikedirtybooks
Caveat: Also, as I've been asked about things like how to conduct a Jewish funeral as part of my job, I feel like it's important to say that I am not a rabbi and I don't adjudicate (or paskan :) ) Jewish law.
I'm pretty active on Twitter (@hchesner) and (when I remember) on Instagram (hmchesner2)
I walked in to a Judaica store in my neighborhood yesterday to purchase siddurim. My parents are Israeli, I grew up around religion culturally more than in practice - parents divorced when I was young, didn’t push for any religious learning and wasn’t involved in any community. Now as an adult I’m trying to be more observant and study Torah. I walked in to the Judaica store, the man in the store asked if he could help me I asked him where the siddurim were. He lectured me on emunah and tried to sell me a book on understanding Judaism, asked me if I was studying with anyone, I told him I appreciate your concern but I am Jewish and would like to buy siddurim for the week and for Shabbat. He didn’t want to show me, he finally gave in and I bought them after a 10 minute lecture on how it is more meaningful if I have a foundation. It feels so yucky, like I was seen as second class Jew or something for just trying to be more observant. It was frustrating and made me realize why I only feel comfortable in orthodox settings when it is organized by chabad.
One of my close friends has been on her journey as a Jew by choice for a little over two years. She lives in a major metropolitan and we meet up once a month, since my husband and I had to move to a different military base a few hours away. What online shop(s) would you recommend for Judaica? I'm looking at getting her two special items for when she's out of her mikveh next month.
Thank you in advance x
Apologies since English is my second language and I'm still unfamiliar with the conversion process, so hopefully what I've said is correct
