Saturday, July 23, 2011

Concocting a cure

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Who knew simple glass bowls could make such interesting shadows.
Good ones to share at Shadow Shot Sunday.
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It pays to enlarge this photo and read about how a prince in A Thousand and One Nights was miraculously cured by a concoction of ingredients bought in the spice-handlers market in old Jerusalem.
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This display is part of the Materia Medica exhibit in Shaare Zedek Hospital.
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Although I can't find proof, I imagine Spicehandler is an old Jewish name.
American Rabbi Ezra Spicehandler comes to mind.
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Till today the Arab souk of the Old City has big spice shops full of exotic and fragrant spices and incense.
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8 comments:

  1. Wonderful shadows, Dina, especially when the photo is enlarged. That market must be a great place to visit.

    —Kay, Alberta, Canada

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  2. The bowls are casting double shadows, very nice.

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  3. Gosh! I've never heard a name like Spicehandler before.

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  4. I love spices, at least photographically, and I am very interested in old medicine.

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  5. Isn't it exciting to find shadows where you never expected to see them?

    I’M YOUR SHADOW

    Hello, there, I’m your shadow,
    I tag after you;
    Whatever you are doing,
    That is what I do.

    If you should fling a football
    Forty yards or more,
    I’ll be right beside you,
    Evening the score.

    If you should flick a booger
    From your stuffy nose,
    I will surely do the same—
    Watch how far it goes!

    So, friend, be very careful
    What you say and do—
    Whatever you are doing,
    I’ll do just as you!


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