"Know! This world is a very narrow bridge. The important thing is not to be afraid."

- Reb Nachman of Breslov -

When my father died, I wanted to honor his memory and my grief through the traditional ritual of lighting a Shiva candle. The only Shiva candle available to me was made in Israel. In that moment, Israel's monopoly on Judaica broke my heart, adding the tremendous weight of participation in Palestinian genocide to my already overwhelming loss.

I want to tell a story in which Jews are not bound to a nation built on oppression, or the building of a nation at all, but kindle our traditions of radicalism and justice wherever we are. Through Narrow Bridge Candles, I seek to create more space for ritual with integrity and liberatory potential.

For those of us working to support Palestinian self-determination, there is much to be done. Palestinian Civil Society has put forth a clear and unified call for Boycotting, Divesting from, and Sanctioning Israel (BDS). Boycotting Israeli goods by itself will not be enough to decolonize Palestine. However BDS can be, perhaps, a narrow bridge; a clear and sturdy path forward.

Narrow Bridge Candles currently offers: Hanukkah, Shabbat, Havdallah, and Yahrzeit Candles as well as an array of multi-use ritual candles. Any order can be made as a recurring order to ensure you have all the candles you need when you need them. We also offer Annual Hanukkah Subscriptions, Seasonal Subscriptions, Ritual Kits, and Gift Bundles.

All candles are hand-dipped and poured and made from 100% beeswax ethically sourced from Washington and Oregon. The Narrow Bridge Chandlery is located on Skokomish land, Union, Washington.

Thank you for supporting Narrow Bridge Candles in growing radical rooted, global Jewish communities and for your participation in local and global struggles for justice and for the liberation of Palestine.

A portion of every sale of Narrow Bridge Candles goes to support movements and organizations working for Palestinian self-determination and U.S. based struggles for racial justice and Indigenous sovereignty. I am honored to be your community chandler.

- jonah aline daniel -

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YOUR COMMUNITY CHANDLER

Meet jonah aline daniel

Hi, my name is jonah aline daniel and I am passionate about the art and craft of creating beeswax candles. I am also a medicine maker, beekeeper, medicinal herb grower, and clinical herbalist with Plants as Allies. I live on Skokomish land, Union, Washington. I have been working for many years inside of movements for Racial, Economic, Gender and Environmental Justice, as well as Healing Justice and Disability Justice, from a variety of social locations. In addition to ritual candlemaking, I am passionate about the radical potential of rural spaces, the process of decolonization of land, and the protection of endangered and at-risk plant communities. My newest projects include self taught plant propogation and irrigation systems, tiny animal dioramas, Herbal Medicine Classes, and getting my body in water as often as possible. I am thrilled and honored by the opportunity to be your community chandler.

RITUAL CANDLEMAKING

A candle holds space.
For grief.
For celebration.
For transformation.

Connection and Prayer

I first started making candles as a way to be more deeply connected to the rituals in which I was engaging.

To know where the ritual items I was using came from, whose hands had touched them as they formed into vessels that facilitated my prayer, my healing, my spirit, and my song.

I was so deeply heartbroken and outraged at the violence done in my name in Palestine and that the ritual items I relied on to hold spiritual space for my community and I were primarily made in Israel- in violation of the Palestinian Call for Boycott of Israeli goods.

I am awe-struck by the power of candles to hold space for so many things human. Through the sacred and beloved craft of ritual candlemaking, I seek to honor the power of fire and our collective capacity for transformation. I am honored that the work of my hands is invited to hold so many different kinds of sacred rituals for so many people. And I am proud to do the work of extricating Zionism from Jewish ritual life.

I sing and pray not just for myself and those I already know and love. My songs and my prayers are for our beautiful and broken world, and for the strength and courage to consistently and powerfully act in service of justice, healing, and transformation as a part of a collective body.

I offer these candles as a prayer that we all have more space for ritual with integrity and liberatory potential in our lives. I pray that we are able to mobilize the transformative power of fire to destroy the systems that harm us and continue to create the new world we are building together.

Behind The Scenes

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Photos credits Ana Jahannes Design, Malika Bailey, and Jess Horn

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

"Know! This world is a very narrow bridge. The important thing is not to be afraid."

Meet jonah aline daniel

A candle holds space. For grief. For celebration. For transformation.

Connection and Prayer

Behind The Scenes

Thank you!

A candle holds space.
For grief.
For celebration.
For transformation.