Heirlooms And Judaica Gifts Through Generations

Each family has valuable artifacts that they pass from generation to generation

. Some ornate and beautifully designed jewelry that goes back several generations, a vintage pocket watch that was some distant relative's most prized possession, or any other item that takes on a significance and meaning in your heritage can become a touchstone for your family's collective life. These heirlooms develop a value far beyond whatever material worth they have in greater society. They can be made of any material. The time that they have traveled through a lineage is what is truly important.

Sometimes it is interesting to consider what in your life might one day be worthy of heirloom status. You receive lots of beautiful items over a lifetime and acquire a wealth of antique furniture, important pieces of culture, sterling silver gifts, and all manner of other things that you value. It makes you wonder what will travel through time with your descendants. In the Jewish tradition there is a number of potential items that might make this long trip through time simply by virtue of their religious implications and the presence of Judaic inscriptions. There are Kiddush cups, mezuzahs, and silver candlesticks with Hebrew writings on them --pieces of scripture and symbols of Judaism that matter a lot to people of that tradition.

Judaica gifts often become priceless family treasures as time passes by. The silver candlesticks from a child's first religious ceremony could become something that gets passed down for years. Mezuzahs that were in the doorway of a grandparent's home could be something that a child wants to hold onto well into his adult life. These items might have an implicit "real world" value because they are silver and beautiful, but that truly pales in comparison to the value one can derive from tying those items to memories of people and places.

Each item that defines your family in some way has its place and that place is usually designed by whomever the first person to have it was, whether it is an item that goes through generations of first sons or decades of youngest daughters. Maybe the items are shared upon the death of the holder or maybe an event like a wedding or Bar Mitzvah is the time to hand the item over. In any case, each piece had an importance and a meaning. It is the most special gift one can get, the gift of family and of meaning.

by: Mark Etinger

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