Besamim can
The Besamimbüchse or the Besamimturm (also Bsamim , Hebrew מִגְדָּל or מַעֲמִיד בְּשָׂמִים; transliterated : migdal or maʿamīd b ə ssamīm ) comes from the Jewish culture and is a spice container in which fragrant spices (called besamim בְּשָׂמִים) are kept. It is smelled at the end of the Sabbath during the hawdala in order to take something of the special taste of this festival day into everyday life.
Besamim containers are often handcrafted and artistically elaborate. In the 17th and 18th centuries, they often took the form of towers. A wide variety of shapes were used in the 19th century. The material used is sometimes silver, usually another metal.
The type of spices used is not specified. However, according to some scholars, pungent smells like pepper are not allowed. Myrtle leaves are popular, alluding to Isaiah "Cypresses grow instead of thorns, myrtle instead of nettles." 55.13 EU
literature
Bernhard Purin: "Seven boxes with Jewish material". From robbery and rediscovery 1938 to today - glossary. Munich 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Explanation of Customs (English)
- ↑ Hannelore Künzel: Jüdische Kunst in: Elke-Vera Kotowski (ed.): Handbook for the history of Jews in Europe, BD2. P. 176.
- ↑ Habdalah Jewish Encyclopedia