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The Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur

Originally published 9/23/09 The Day of Atonement = Yom Kippur at Linda B’s Blog:

I'm in the spiritual zone of the Ya'min Nora'mim, the Days of Awe or the period from Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year to Yom Kippur.

These are some selections from the EtsyChai team:

Tallit Clips

Tree of Life

 

Kippah

 

Torah Yad

 

 

 Glass Bowl

 

 

The Jewish High Holy Day season continues and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement begins on Sunday, Sept. 27, and lasts through Monday after sunset. Moses brought down the second set of tablets from Mt. Sinai on this day.

Traditions: We wear white clothing to be “like the angels,” we fast (a method of purifying ourselves to approach G-d), we don’t wear leather or gold, and we admit our sins as a community. On this day, G-d hears our pleas for atonement and at the conclusion of the service, the Book of Life is closed. The slate is clean and we are turning a new leaf, returning to G-d and doing good deeds.

It’s All New

 

 

As Jews everywhere prepare for 5770, so too is the EtsyChai group.  We’ve spruced up the blog here (look around!), and have made a commitment to be organized and active in the coming months.   All this work doesn’t get done by itself, so here’s a short introduction to the current organizers:

 

 

Linda B., Team Captain of Linda B’s Beaded Jewelry, and LinorStore.com Blog

 

 

Sandi, List Maven, of A Cache of Jewels

 

 

Barb, Forum Maven, of Blazing Needles

 

 

Tammy, Blog Maven, of SILVER Mountain Originals and Tamdoll’s Workspace

 

 

Ann, Tag Maven of Down to Earth Creations, and her blog

 

 

Hema, Tag Maven of Anjali Creations

 

 

And… while you’re here…

Have you seen these?  Beads of Paradise Shop is having a sale on these until September 15th:

or this beautiful charm bracelet from Linda’s shop:

 

 

Do you have favorite treasures that you take out just for holidays?

A New Year for Peace Treasury

Home Sweet Home Treasuries

 

 

 

 

Member Focus on Tamar Hammer

 

In this new, weekly blog feature, you’ll be introduced to some of the EtsyChai team.  Read along and meet someone new…

 

Tamar Hammer’s Art  shop is a beautiful mix of Judica art, Cards, Magnets, hand painted cutting boards and signs.   You’ll find whimsical paintings, greeting cards and magnets that are suitable for every occasion and also items for special events and holidays.

Some background from Tamar: “I graduated with a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel. Later I studied web-design, animation and graphic design. Today, I work as a freelancer illustrator, graphic designer and web-designer.”

 

How did you come to choose your craft or product?
♥ I just do what I love to do. ♥ I love both to design stuff on the computer and to do “real” hand paintings – mostly acrylic on wood.

 

What is your favorite item in your shop right now?  The Mazel Tov Greeting Cards:

          

Do you have special items for holidays/Judaica?
I have 22 items of Judaica at my shop. I have items for the high holidays, Hanukkah and for every day.

 

How long have you been a seller on Etsy? 
One year (I also sell my cards at local stores here in Eugene, OR.)

 

 

Why is EtsyChai important to you?
I create so many Judaic items - I want and need to have company of people that I would be able to share thoughts and ideas with.

 

What do you use for inspiration?
Travel in Oregon, with its magical landscapes and majestic nature, and the ancient sites of Israel.

 

 

 

Photos are so important; do you have any special process for taking yours?  Taking  pictures outside in day/sunlight.  You can use photo editor software to correct colors, light etc. 

Around the Web:

Tamar also blogs, and you can read about her family and creativity over here:

You can also visit her Flickr photostream, here, at hammerillustrations.com, and as part of the Etsy Israel Team:

Holiday Shopping with EtsyChai

There are some beautiful treasuries being created, click and visit these features before they expire!

 

Treasures & Gems

 

Our very own Linda B. is in the Etsy "Shades of Sapphire” Gift Guide! 

Check out her sale this weekend, through 9/7 at her shop: Linda B’s Beaded Jewelry!

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This beautiful Treasury expired Saturday, 8:11pm EST, but you can still visit with these beautiful shops at Etsy:

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Enid at haleystudio talks about “inspiration” -

“I love ritual objects like challah covers, chuppot, candlesticks, mezzuzot, but I don't have the skills to make all of those things. Practical needs plus bright colors and interesting textures inspire me. I plan to make a few challah covers in the near future -- I was inspired by my customer who requested a custom order!”

What inspires you to create beautiful things?

Rosh Hashanah

This is the first of many holiday articles that you’ll find here at the EtsyChai blog, featuring some of our members along with their special and unique shop items.

Do you have a special Jewish holiday tradition or recipe you’d like to share with us?  Leave a comment or email tamdoll(at)comcast[dot]net and don’t forget to subscribe to updates to make sure you catch the next article! - Tammy

  

The Jewish High Holiday season begins in the Hebrew month of Elul (August 22). It is a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness, it is an opportune time for teshuvah ("return" to G-d), prayer, charity, renewal and increased love for a fellow Jews and human beings in the quest for self-improvement and coming closer to G-d. Before we can improve our relationship with G-d, we must first repent to our friends and families.

 

 

 

Preparations: In the home, fall cleaning is done and recipes are gathered. Shana Tovah (Happy New Year) greeting cards are sent. Studies of Torah, Cantors are reviewing High Holiday melodies and synagogues are mailing out high holidays tickets and getting ready to change the Torah covers and other accessories to white. White is the symbol of purity and prayer leaders wear a kittel, or a white garment to lead services, expressing the intention to clean their personal slate of “sins” and plead for G-d’s acceptance of the community into the Book of Life.

 

Rosh Hashanah means "Head of the Year" and is observed for two days and begins on Fri., Sept. 18 at sundown. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization of mankind's role in G-d's world. Rosh Hashanah emphasizes the special relationship between G-d and humanity and we proclaim G-d as King.

 

The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is the sounding of the shofar, the ram's horn, which represents the trumpet blast of a people's coronation of their king. The cry of the shofar is also a call to repentance; for Rosh Hashanah is also the anniversary of man's first sin and his repentance thereof, and serves as the first of the "Ten Days of Repentance" which culminate in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Altogether, the shofar is sounded 100 times in the course of the Rosh Hashanah service.

 

Additional Rosh Hashanah observances include: a) Eating a piece of apple dipped in honey to symbolize our desire for a sweet year, and other special foods symbolic of the new year's blessings, b) Blessing one another with the words “Leshanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim, May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year " and c) Tashlich, a special prayer said near a body of water (an ocean, river, pond, etc.) in evocation of the verse, "And you shall cast their sins into the depths of the sea."

 

Author: Linda Blatchford, http://lindab142.etsy.com Source: Chabad.org

“My family's minhag (custom) is to purchase something new to wear to shul for the High Holidays. I would get a new dress or blouse and skirt, but now I make a new piece of jewelry or a kippah.” - Linda

Treasury Treasures!

These have expired … BUT… you can still check out these great items by visiting the shops shown under each picture (for example, the End of Summer Sale item says sewjewcy underneath… you can just visit sewjewcy.etsy.com or you can also type the item name into the Etsy search bar and find it that way!)