Greeting Card - Havdalah Spice Tower- SJM Collection

Greeting card, printed on high quality card with white envelope, featuring a photograph from the Museum collection.

Card is blank inside.

Havdalah Spice Tower, Austrian, circa 1870-1890.  Havdalah (Hebrew for ‘separation’) is a Jewish religious ceremony  that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and ushers in the new week,  symbolically separating the holy day from the mundane period  that follows. The ritual involves lighting a special Havdalah candle,  blessing a cup of wine and smelling sweet spices. 

Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alice Katz