Home Sweet Home
You shall place them on the doorposts of your house.
Rolling Pin
Probably Russia
Francine L.
This rolling pin was given to my mother, Francine, by her grandmother, Sara. It was originally my great-great-grandmother,Edith's rolling pin. My family has a lot of bakers on my maternal side of my family. My great-grandfather, Max, had a restaurant in Fleischmann, NY. Great-Grandma Sara worked in the restaurant, cooking and baking and she used her mother's rolling pin. My mother remembers learning how to bake with her grandmother Sara and they always used this rolling pin. This rolling pin is important to my family as it reminds us of Sara and Edith and what wonderful cooks/bakers they were and of the restaurant that my family once owned. This rolling pin has been handed down from generation to generation of interested bakers. One day it will be handed down to me.
The rolling pin was used by my great-great grandmother,Edith, originally to bake cheese blintzes,apple pies, mandel bread and large traditional holiday cakes like sponge cakes and honey cakes. Whenever family came for the Jewish holidays she had a big dining room table filled with food. These holiday meals kept both the family together and the Jewish traditions alive in my family.
Mezuzah
USA
Grandpa Jack M
This mezuzah was given to my Grandpa Jack by my Aunt Harryette on his birthday. This mezuzah is very important because it was taken to the moon by a Jewish Astronaut, Jeffrey A. Hoffman on the Discovery II mission. This astronaut is from Scarsdale and was a friend of my aunt. It traveled over 7,000,000 miles.
Judaism is very important to my grandpa and our family. The mezuzah is the first external signal of a Jewish home. Because this mission took place during a Jewish holiday, the astronaut wanted something that reminded him of his heritage. He velcroed the mezuzah to his bunk. This is important because no matter how exciting and important the mission was, it was just as important to have something that reminded him of who he was.