The Old Jewish Way · Volume IV
Jewish Family Secrets
The traditions, heirlooms & stories worth passing on
The things a family knows and forgets to write down: which cup was Great-Grandfather’s, whose name is on the back of the photograph, where the papers are. This volume walks through the objects of the Jewish home and year, how museums care for the same things, how to record their stories and make an inventory, how to trace your family’s history — including Holocaust-era records — and how to pass it all on without quarrels.
Inside this volume
What you will learn
- The Sabbath table and the objects of the Jewish year: candlesticks, Kiddush cups, Hanukkah lamps, seder plates
- Prayer books, tallitot and tefillin — and what must never go in the trash
- Wedding rings and the ketubah: history, meaning and care
- Caring for silver, brass, pewter, cloth and paper the way conservators do
- Recording provenance and family stories, and making a household inventory
- Tracing your family’s history, with the main archives for Holocaust-era records and property
- Passing it on fairly: the list of belongings, letters of instruction and ethical wills
This book is for you if
- “Your family keeps Judaica, papers and heirlooms whose stories only the elders know”
- “You want to care for them properly and write their history down”
- “You are thinking about how to pass them on — fairly and without quarrels”
Know what you have, care for it well, write down its story — and pass it on with love.
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