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celebrate! I March 2015
For each of her four sons' b'nai mitz-
vah, Cindy Levine completed one
significant component of her work
before anyone even got official word
of the milestone.
"I made invitations for each bar
mitzvah boy," she said of her sons,
Blake, 23, Alec, 20, Shane, 18, and
Drew, 14.
"I love the idea of making some-
thing original and creative; the invita-
tions allowed me to do that."
"The first was a Torah," Levine
said. "I painted wood dowels a
sparkly-gold color, then printed
Hebrew-style English font on a gold-
flecked fabric. I attached the fabric
to the dowels and rolled it up like a
Torah. I tied it with a ribbon that had
a gold Jewish star charm attached. I
then mailed or hand delivered them
in gold tubes.
"The second was a tallit. I printed
the same font on a gold-flecked
antique-looking fabric and glued
white fringe onto each end so it
looked just like a small tallit."
Shane's invitation depicted a
mezuzah. "I printed the Hebrew-style
font on a beautiful, shiny, iridescent
card stock," said Levine, who lives in
Franklin. "I then rolled it up, tied it
with a gold ribbon and placed it in
a long, shiny, gold jewelry box lined
with navy blue felt. Then I decorated
the box with a blue, velvet ribbon
and a star made out of Shrinky Dinks
on top of a faux, gold leather star."
For Drew, she began with a blue
star. "I placed a shiny, white card
stock printed in the Hebrew font and
cut into a hexagram inside," she said.
"Then I folded each point toward the
middle and placed a Jewish star stick-
er in the center to hold it closed."
Levine, who holds a degree in spe-
cial education along with an M.S.W.,
and now work as a yoga teacher,
said, "It was very time consuming,
but I involved my kids in the project
as well. I love a challenge, and I also
love the uniqueness of a handmade
invitation."
She also said she loves other cre-
ative projects, including those that
involve knitting, and took on more of
them in advance of each bar mitzvah.
"I made kippahs for the bar
mitzvah boy and guests for the first
three," she said. "My friend Perri
Rosen's mom, Nora Kanat Stone who
lives in West Bloomfield, taught me
to crochet."
And Levine made a tallit for each
of her sons who store them in tal-
lit bags needlepointed by her mom,
Ilene Gittleman of West Bloomfield.
"The tallit were definitely challeng-
ing, but came out so beautiful," she
said.
"I get into a zone when I'm doing
these things," said Levine, whose
husband is Bruce. "It's like a medita-
tion for me."
The atarahs (neckbands) were done
with tiny Japanese beads, called deli-
cas and took about nine-12 months
to make. She made them after teach-
ing herself to use a Japanese bead
loom.
"The kids enjoyed watching the
progress each day, and they chose
the patterns they wanted," Levine
said.
"It was a great feeling of accom-
plishment when the fourth one was
completed and the boys were all on
the bimah together, (each) in their
tallit." ❑
Drew displays his tallit and tallit bag.