Baba Yaga's House Sticker | Doikayt | Judaica Yiddishkeit | Slavic Folklore

Inspired by Baba Yaga's chicken-legged hut and the Yiddish concept of doikayt (דויקייַט) here-ness, these stickers celebrate the magic of portable home and knowing that we don't need to own the land to be connected to it.

Hoyzndikayt (הויזנדיקייַט), my name for this house, is an invented Yiddish word meaning "home-magic" - the idea that home isn't a fixed place, but a state of being you carry with you. Like the dancing thresholds of the Grandmother Witch's house, home moves where you move. Hoyzndikayt, in my telling of this story, is a friendly sheyd, a "daemon" that helps Jewish outcasts (and their communities) find home and safety. Hoyzndikayt is just one of many of these sheydim, and you may find that yours goes by another name.

Round Stickers 3" (Craft Paper or Shimmer) feature the original Hoyzndikayt illustration by Ketzirah haMa'agelet and the Yiddish word doikayt (דויקייַט) hereness, which is associated with pro-diasporic movements. 

Die Cut 3" x 2" on transparent background sticker features the original Hoyzndikayt illustration by Ketzirah haMa'agelet

Diaspora is not exile.

We are scattered but unbroken. Wherever we can see the stars, we are home.
מיר זיַנען צעשפּרייט אָבער נישט צעבראָכן. וווּ מיר זעען די שטערן, מיר זיַנען היים
Mir zaynen tseshpreyt ober nisht tsebrokhn. Vu mir zeen di shtern, mir zaynen heym