{"id":39442,"date":"1850-07-07T12:46:00","date_gmt":"1850-07-07T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/?post_type=zbiory&#038;p=39442"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:07:46","slug":"balsam-box","status":"publish","type":"zbiory","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/collections\/balsam-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Balsam box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A turret-shaped balsam box with a hexagonal, openwork container for herbs, resting on a round, moulded base and a baluster-shaped stem, topped with a conical roof crowned with a sphere and a flag on a spire. Inhaling the aroma of fragrant herbs is one of the elements of the Havdalah ceremony (Hebrew for \u2018separation\u2019), which concludes the Sabbath and definitively separates the sacred time from the ordinary. For this purpose, special herb containers, known as <em>balsaminki<\/em> (Hebrew: besamim \u2013 fragrant herbs, roots, spices), are used in Jewish homes. After the head of the household \u2013 the master of the house \u2013 has recited the blessings, each participant smells the herbs, whose scent symbolises the fragrance of the departing Sabbath, and according to tradition is meant to bring comfort following the departure of the extra soul which every Jew receives for the duration of the Sabbath, enabling them to study the Torah more deeply than on weekdays. Although the scent of herbs inspired artists to create containers shaped like flowers or aromatic fruits, the most popular and common form of herb containers was the openwork turret.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"38467\" src=\"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Balsaminka-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Zbli\u017cenie z\u0142otego metalowego ornamentu: sto\u017ckowy szpic zako\u0144czony mosi\u0119\u017cn\u0105 kul\u0105 i ma\u0142ym falistym chor\u0105giewkowatym p\u0142atkiem, poni\u017cej ozdobny czworok\u0105tny pas z rytowanymi powtarzaj\u0105cymi si\u0119 motywami, a dalej wysmuk\u0142a kolumnowa n\u00f3\u017cka z kulistymi odcinkami i okr\u0105g\u0142\u0105 stop\u0105 na jasnoszarym tle.\" class=\"wp-image-38467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Balsaminka-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Balsaminka-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Balsaminka-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Balsaminka-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Balsaminka-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We invite you to explore more about this object in the digital catalogue of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w. Author of the entry: Monika Pa\u015b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mnk-single-button btn-sec d-flex\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zbiory.mnk.pl\/en\/catalog\/351349\" class=\"btn btn-primary image-left\">More information in the digital catalog<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description A turret-shaped balsam box with a hexagonal, openwork container for herbs, resting on a round, moulded base and a baluster-shaped stem, topped with a conical roof crowned with a sphere and a flag on a spire. Inhaling the aroma of fragrant herbs is one of the elements of the Havdalah ceremony (Hebrew for \u2018separation\u2019), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39441,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-39442","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/39442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/39442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39529,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/39442\/revisions\/39529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=39442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}