When Passover comes around my Mother often asks me to help with the customary cleaning. In an effort to shirk her requests I usually point out her subconscious gender discrimination: she never asks my brothers to help with this, just me. Time and again my mother half-grins at this comment, looks thoughtful, then says she'll ask them to help too.
Does she? Do they? If they do, I'm never around to witness this mythical event.
Anyhoo, I am usually guilted into polishing the silverware.
Growing up in the Jewish community and as a regular synagogue-goer, I was often surrounded by judaic/biblical art. Polishing silverware is tedious, but it does give me satisfaction in removing the tarnish off the religious objects I grew up with.
In Judaism there is a mitzvah - commandment - called Hiddur Mitzvah. The idea is that the use of beautiful aesthetics in Jewish practice glorifies god. Here's a selection of Passover objects I found while scouring Google Image Search and EBay that make my art bug itch and my wallet whimper. Click the links for the wiki articles relating to those objects.
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| Detailing, detailing |
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| OhSoPretty |
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| Mmmm contemporary |
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| SO SEXY |
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| Not as sexy, but still sexified |
And finally,
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| I heart this so much. |
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| reminds me of english tea sets! |
