Comments on: Stick and Stones http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/17131/stick-and-stones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stick-and-stones A New Read on Jewish Life Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Forest http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/17131/stick-and-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-20808 Forest Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:33:50 +0000 http://www.tabletmag.com/?p=17131#comment-20808 Hi, I was at an old christian cemetery and came across some broken candle stones on cemetery. I was curious to know and the google search brought me to your website. I still don't understand the "candlestick" you have mentioned in your blog. I don't see any pictures resembling a broken candle. I have some pictures of broken candles and I would like to share with you and perhaps explain on them. I am from Penang, Malaysia where there is also a Jewish cemetery but none of the Jewish tombs have any candlesticks. tks & rdgs Hi,
I was at an old christian cemetery and came across some broken candle stones on cemetery. I was curious to know and the google search brought me to your website. I still don’t understand the “candlestick” you have mentioned in your blog. I don’t see any pictures resembling a broken candle. I have some pictures of broken candles and I would like to share with you and perhaps explain on them.
I am from Penang, Malaysia where there is also a Jewish cemetery but none of the Jewish tombs have any candlesticks.
tks & rdgs

]]> By: Reba Laks http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/17131/stick-and-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-16286 Reba Laks Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:43:01 +0000 http://www.tabletmag.com/?p=17131#comment-16286 Hello Ruth, My great-great-great grandmother, Miriam Haber Halpern, is buried in the old cemetery in Hirlau, Romania. I have her brass Shabat candlesticks that have been passed down from oldest daughter to oldest daughter. The picture of her stone shows a 7-branched menorah, but no candlesticks. Given the Halpern name and Romanian connection, perhaps you and I are related. Regards, Reba Hello Ruth,

My great-great-great grandmother, Miriam Haber Halpern, is buried in the old cemetery in Hirlau, Romania. I have her brass Shabat candlesticks that have been passed down from oldest daughter to oldest daughter. The picture of her stone shows a 7-branched menorah, but no candlesticks. Given the Halpern name and Romanian connection, perhaps you and I are related.

Regards,
Reba

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