Let there be light! The evolution of candle-lighting practices in Ashkenaz
May 22, 2015•16 min
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Episode description
Dr. Susan Nashman Fraiman, an art historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, tells host Gilad Halpern about her recent research, which focuses on the emergence and evolution of candle-lighting practices – namely, the Shabbat Lamp – among the Jews of Ashkenaz.
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