Salt Shaker with Hamotzi

This beautiful salt shaker is fabricated from pewter and brass and has on it the Hamotzi or blessing over the challah. According to Jewish law and practice, salting Challah is a critical component of HaMotzi, the blessing over bread. Salt has always played an indispensable role in Jewish life and ritual dating back to the biblical period of ancient Israel. With high quantities located in the Dead Sea region of the historical land of the Jewish people, salt was considered the most essential and common of all elements.