My daughter Robyn Reinhart just posted this photo on Facebook with the caption:
“Grandma Bea's Shabbat candle sticks warm our hearts at Auntie Jeni's house for yummy dinner.”
These were the very same candlestick from North Bergen, NJ –our home on 75th Street – the candlesticks I saw every Friday evening at Shabbas, with Mom covering her head, and with her hands covering her closed eyes deep in prayer -- with a holy welcoming-wave-like motion -- bringing the glow and warmth of the candles into her essence, as she recited the Shabbas prayer.