The Candle of Distinction: A Cultural Biography of the Havdalah Light
This case study explores how a general lighting device transformed into a distinctive Jewish ritual object, the Havdalah candle. In late antiquity, the ubiquitous oil lamp served for the fire-light blessing during the end-of-Sabbath Havdalah ritual but in the fourth century, a sage added a torch, av...
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2014
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Year: 2014, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-24 |
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