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SPICE BOX Yes! But out of Courtesy We Call Him Uncle Harry NORMAN A. PLATE Is a putz part of your holiday tradition? Victorians, cable cars, BART trains, even the Transamerica Pyramid...
...It began as an elaborate outgrowth of the manger scene...
...attach an explanatory note instead...
...wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member, writes Brian Rosman of West Newton, Massachusetts...
...Wood spice box shaped like a hand represents the custom of reflecting light off the fingernails during trie Havdalah service, which marks the end of Shabbat and the start of the new week...
...Victorians, cable cars, BART trains, even the Transamerica Pyramid populate this San Francisco scene built under Paul Rice's tree in Palo Alto, California...
...He came across this in last December's issue of Sunset One of Santa's Elves Must Be a Mashgiach* It's always nice to find stocking staffers for the rabbi, writes Elaine Geller of Margate, New Jersey...
...If you're Jewish it must be hard to live in a small Moravian village and keep a straight face, writes Barry Bakin Reseda, California...
...If your material is accepted, we'll send you a $25 gift certificate to the MOMENT Collection, our catalogue of Judaica and gift items...
...The miniature village, known as a putz in Moravian tradition, has been popularized in many cultures...
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...Kosher supervisor...
...Do you have a similar tradition...
...Please avoid writing on the item Itself...
...How do you assemble it year to year...
...Submit Material to Spice Box Send us newspaper clippings, notes, curiosities and photographs—anything you'd like to share...
...Mail your submissions to Spice Box, MOMENT, 3000 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20008...
...Spice Box Editor: Ned Stutman had a little dreidel, I made it out of clay I got for free when I opened my Christmas Club Account...
...Send responses to Model Scene Editor, Sunset Magazine, 80 Willow Rd., Menlo Park, Calif...
Vol. 16 • December 1991 • No. 6
