Zylbernagel Jewelry, Etc.

02/23/2026

Who else sees the toothy skeleton? ❄️

01/25/2026

My mind is short circuiting. I have no words. When I decided to take silversmithing classes in 2014 gold was about $1,400 an ounce and silver was about $16 an ounce. Now silver just hit 103, and here’s the gold. It’s about to hit $5,000. For the same ounce. Wow.

12/19/2025

This is the real life: hubby feeding the kid while the kid plays with fire. Why are our kids so much like us?

12/14/2025

They will never extinguish our holy flames.

12/03/2025

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve made a good post. I finally felt a few minutes to breathe. Maybe you’ll join me in this run/stop roundabout journey and read my poetry.

A teen at home, sick,
A toddler full steam, quick.
Comforting, nurturing, chiding, guiding,
Waiting for the hours of quieting,
Then longing for the banging of feet, soft cheeks
Withdrawing to my room for silent retreat.
Gather together for bed, to rest,
Captured a moment, truly blessed.
The teen stepped up to fill Adult’s place
I stopped for a sec and did and about-face.
What a beautiful scene.
Love.
Laughter.
Teaching our traditions.
Peace.

Sleep tight, my loves.

11/28/2025

Give thanks for all your talents, for they are a gift from our Creator!

10/30/2025

Gorgeous!

06/13/2025

THIS WEEK!! The Torah always speaks the truth!

02/09/2025

I asked and apparently it knows about this thing called golus. The yidden Egypt asked & cried to be taken out, and we can, too!

12/20/2024

Emotional post, the buildup of 3 years.

Tonight begins the Chassidic New Year of Yud Tes Kislev. Up until 3 years ago, I spent it as most Chassidim do, farbrenging and recommitting myself to learn and live Chassidus.
Enter fertility treatments.
Fertility treatments really don’t care what’s going on in your life, they just take over. You show up to do bloodwork at (for me) the crack of dawn. You get prodded, poked, and bare all your privates for countless people, all analyzing your cycle, using terms that make you blush, and wearing you down emotionally. Oh. And sending you home with the needles. The needles.
Did you know I was the kid who had to be held down by my mom, a nurse, AND a doctor for every immunization? Yup. I was the screamer. The thrasher. The dramatic. But Hashem has a fantastic sense of humor, and gave me a diagnosis that requires routine blood work. So these days at least I can endure the regular blood-taking… but injecting myself is something I really couldn’t do. I did try. I tried talking myself through it, not looking, everything. In the end we consulted a Rav who gave us the correct advice. What a relief to find a supportive Rav who will tell you how to apply the law for daily life.
The Alter Rebbe/Baal haTanya introduced the concept of the 4 levels of the spiritual world, and funnily enough, the world of fertility treatments also has levels. Just you really DON’T want to advance in levels. There’s the fertility booster shots, the IUI, and the in-vitro.
I recently came across a page of notes discussing fertility stuff, and a line there made me laugh: Don’t try IUI, it never works. Huh.
Fast forward and we’re at the crossroads. If the IUI doesn’t work, we advance to IVF. It’s hanging over my head. I’m already so worn out emotionally, and I have real fear (and rightly so) of IVF. The rumors and whisperings are scaring me. I REALLY can’t go there.
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09/05/2024

Some eye candy I did today, organizing and separating my markers into warm and cool colors and neutrals. For some reason just looking at this is simultaneously calming and energizing to me.
Thanks for making affordable containers that have straight sides so the markers will stand up.
Now let’s hope the return them to the correct box!!

11/14/2023