Description
Sage and Rose with Lavender Organic Sticks Set of Two (2)
From Israel
Made For Burning and Purifying Air Purposes Only!
Simply burn the stick’s tip and wave in the air to clear the air. We put no ritual religious significance with purifying the air with Sage for healing purposes. Sage is very effective for this task. Rabbis and Jewish Sages have said that burning sage is beneficial to health and home.
Smudging in Hebrew the word is מריחה which means application to cover and redeem. Also means to stamp out, to smear, to reverse, and to smell. The root word is shared with name Miriam מרי means to push against. It also has the root word ריחה to smell, specifically to have a good sense of smell, divine smell meaning from G-d’s Spirit רוּחַ, His breath, the Ruach רוּחַ. So, no its not a new agey word!
Smudging or burning has been well established as a Native American cultural or tribal practice, although it isn’t practiced by all groups of tribes. Native Americans will tell you that burning sage is cleansing of the air and it brings good health as well as tranquility and peace to the home or space at the same time by getting rid of negative energy.
Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum the Director of Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin Explains says “Rather, it seems to me, that you can certainly smudge sage without any of those intentions, the same way that you can use general and alternative medicine, as long as you keep in mind that Hashem is the ultimate healer. Just as medicine must never be regarded as the source of our healing, so may we use herbs, provided that we refrain from attributing independent powers to the herbs, recalling that they are only means that Hashem has granted us to receive healing and a peaceful environment.” I agree these plants are G-d’s creation made to be tools in which we can use to assist us in healing and for preventative care.
From a Torah view, a remedy for healing, whether physical or spiritual, without a source in the Torah, must be הֶסֻּנְמוּ קוּדָבּ/baduk u’menuse – ‘verified effective’ to be considered sound and excluded from any kind of sorcery. The practice of herbal smudging has long been discarded as superstition, until recent times, when its virtue has been proven by the scientific community. many scientific Articles and Papers have proven the benefits of sage and other herbs smudging may be purifying and cleansing since it contains both antimicrobial and antibacterial properties.
We not only made it with white sage leaves, lavender, and rose petals, but we added in the middle one stem of leaves from the harvest of the menorah sage Jerusalem Sage (Salvia hierosolymitana). As with many foods in Israel, Jerusalem Sage might be viewed as an ambassador from one culture to another. Arab and Israeli Chefs use the large, tongue-shaped, basal leaves in a manner similar to the stuffed grape leaves of Greek and Middle Eastern countries, such as Iraq. The leaves are soaked in olive oil and wrapped around combinations of rice, vegetables, and meat.
Jerusalem Sage and traditional White Sage leaves and other unique greens are sold at street markets called shuks in Israel that look much the same as ones at an American and European farmers’ market. The leaves are also added to soups and stews.
These sticks are carefully dried and hand-tied and bundled for burning purposes. Incense was the original Aromatherapy practice of all Nations and Peoples. Often used to make homes smell good which is no different than running an essential oil room diffuser. In conclusion, burning Sage is found to have medicinal properties just as much as eating sage does. Great for relaxing, air purifier, deodorizing, clears mucous, also kills germs and bacteria. Using herbs in many different ways like as incense, essential Oils, hydrosol, tinctures, teas etc can be very beneficial.
