The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 21, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Monuments and Building
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HOUSTON TEXAS JANUARY 21 1909
THE SABBATH CANDLES
By Julius H Greenstone
Poet painter and novelist have at-
tempted to represent the beauty of
the Jewish home on a Friday night
Tts charms have been expressed in-
verse its magnificence has been put
on canvas its powers have been de-
scribed by authors all endeavoring
to give to the outside world a faint
glimpse of the inner glory of this
noble institution It has appealed
to the pious and to the infidel its
charms brought back man a prodi-
gal son to the paternal roof many a
wayward Israelite to the fold of his
religion The Sabbath eve with its
serenity and solemnity with its cere-
monies and romatic surroundings
with its background of centuries of
glorious traditions has a foremost
place among the intsitutions of Ju-
daism It is certainty one of the
most potent elements in the long
range of influences that preservd the
purity of the Jewish home It has
been the poetry of Jewish life the
strength of the Jewish family life
the glory of the Jewish religion
Nothing is more beautiful noth-
ing more inspiring in the ceremonies
connected with this institution than
the candles with which the pious
housewife ushers in this sacred day
of rest It is not a Biblical com-
mandment and still has been observ-
ed with anxious care and loving de-
votion throughout all the centuries
of trial and persecution The Rab-
bis Avith their deep insight into the
human heart with their lofty poetic
sentiments with their tender affec-
tion for their hoWoi faith intro
ducd this custom and appointed the
Jewish woman the guardian angel
of the home to fulfill it So im-
portant was this custom considered
to be that almost a whole chapter
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of the Talmud is devoted to the de-
scription of its observances the kind
of oil or wick that may be used the
manner of lighting the candles and
the blessing to be pronounced over
them It was compared to the per-
petual light that burned in the Tem-
ple and when the housewife lights
her candles spreads out her fingers
in front of her eyes not to look at
the light before pronouncing the
blessing and then recites her bless-
ing with some additional prayer she
may indeed be regarded as holy as
the priest who lit the lamp in the
Temple she the minister of the
home the present temple of the
Jew Her face wrinkled perhaps by
poverty and suffering now beaming
with a peculiar light reflected from
the burning tapers without and
from a perfect faith and hope with-
in her hands shrivelled and shrunk-
en now stretched over the heads of
her children in blessing she indeed
appears to us with all the glory and
holiness that surrounded the priest
of antiquity
We are accustomed to hear the
praises of hie Jewish home to boast
of the purity of the Jewish family
life But the Jewish home without
Jewish ceremonies cannot exist The
Jewish family life is such because
of the observance of these customs
when the Jewish woman had to hide
herself in an inner chamber or in
an obscure corner to light her Sab-
bath candles There were times when
the sevenbranched candelabra was
the cause of throwing families into
the dingy prisons of the inquisition
and often delivering them to the
flames of the autosdefe With
trembling hands and a frightened
look the Jewish housewife would
then light her candloe With a bro-
ken heart and vehemnt spirit she
would pronounce her blessing and
recite her prayer But light them
Cave Plufikett
JEWELRS
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Sol Feigelson Prop
Prescriptions Carefully
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Phone 6550 Jackson St Pierce Ave
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Office 41415 Tempie Bio
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Phone 1366
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 21, 1909, newspaper, January 21, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84753/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .