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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 284346, member: 2844"]It is a Jewish Besamim tower, for fragrant spices. It is used during Havdalah, a ceremony to end the Shabat and mark the start of the new week. It is also used for Havdalah on certain religious holidays.</p><p>The fragrant spices are part of awakening or sharpening the senses. Sephardic Jews often use herbs, but it is likely that this one is Ashkenazic, because of the style, and the fact that it was made in Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>Worth more than a (Chinese?) cricket box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 284346, member: 2844"]It is a Jewish Besamim tower, for fragrant spices. It is used during Havdalah, a ceremony to end the Shabat and mark the start of the new week. It is also used for Havdalah on certain religious holidays. The fragrant spices are part of awakening or sharpening the senses. Sephardic Jews often use herbs, but it is likely that this one is Ashkenazic, because of the style, and the fact that it was made in Germany. Worth more than a (Chinese?) cricket box.[/QUOTE]
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