DESCRIPTION : Here for sale is the MOST BEAUTIFUL effective and useful RICHLY ILLUSTRATED and PHOTOGRAPHED catalogue of an exhibition of the ISRAEL MUSEUM regarding the JEWISH MENORAH as a ZIONIST SYMBOL and the VARIOUS uses of the MENORAH IKON and SYMBOL . A profusion of MENORAH related EPHEMERA and ARTIFACTS : Objects d'art ,Rugs, Plaques , Posters, Signs, Various ephemera, Cards, Postcards , New Year cards, Plates, Medals, Badges , Emblems, Books, Paintings & Illustrations, Photos etc. The book is only 20 years old ( Published 1998 by the Israel Museum ) it's OUT OF PRINT and greatly sought after .Illustrated wrappers . Size 9" x 12" . 192 pp  . Very good used condition. Tightly bound. Clean. Cover slightly worn. A few creases in front page.  ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS images ) Will be sent in a special protective rigid sealed package.

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What Is a Menorah? The word “menorah” is Hebrew for “lamp,” and generally refers to either the seven-branched golden candelabra that was lit every day in the Tabernacle, and then the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, or the eight-flamed lamp that is lit on the eight nights of the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. In this article: The Temple Menorah The Chanukah Menorah Differences Between the Temple Menorah and the Chanukah Menorah The Temple Menorah G‑d tells Moses what the menorah should look like.1 Hammered out of a single chunk of pure gold, it comprises a single stem from which six branches extend on an upward slant. On the tip of each of the branches, as well as on the central stem, are cups into which olive oil and wicks are to be placed. The menorah is a highly elaborate affair, with nine decorative flowers, eleven bulbs, and twenty-two inverted goblets. An illustration of the Temple menorahdrawn by Maimonides The menorah was placed in the Holy (Kodesh), the same chamber in the Tabernacle that housed the show-bread table (shulchan) and the golden incense altar (mizbe’ach hazahav). Every day, Aaron the High Priest (or his successors) would light the menorah. Built in the desert along with the rest of the Tabernacle, the menorah was brought into the Promised Land, where it was faithfully lit in Shilo, Nob, and the other places where the Tabernacle was stationed. WhenSolomon built the first Holy Temple in Jerusalem, the menorah was lit there until that Temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. When the second Holy Temple was built by Ezra, a new menorah was fashioned and lit every day. This leads us directly to the second kind of menorah. The Chanukah Menorah In the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs instead of mitzvah observance and belief in G‑d. Against all odds, a small band of faithful Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, defeated one of the mightiest armies on earth, drove the Greeks from the land, reclaimed the Holy Temple and rededicated it to the service of G‑d. When they sought to light the menorah, they found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks. Miraculously, they lit the menorah, and the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity. To commemorate and publicize these miracles, the sages instituted the festival of Chanukah. Read the complete story of Chanukah On every night of Chanukah, another flame is lit: one the first day, two the second day etc., until eight flames are burning on the eighth night. There is an additional candle, known as the shamash (lit. “helper”) from which the flames are lit. The specially crafted implement on which the Chanukah flames are lit is known as a menorah (or chanukiah in modern Hebrew). Click here for menorah lighting instructions Differences Between the Temple Menorah and the Chanukah Menorah A Chanukah menorah on the eighth night, lit with candles. The design of the Chanukah menorah may (but need not) be similar to the original menorah, with some important differences: The menorah in the Holy Temple had seven branches, while the Chanukah menorah has eight (plus the shamash). The Temple menorah was made of gold, and the Chanukah menorah can be made of any (fire-safe) material. The menorah in the Holy Temple was lit indoors, while the Chanukah menorah is lit outside, at the front door facing the street (though in many communities it is customary to light indoors near a door or window.) The menorah in the Holy Temple was lit during the daytime, while we light the Chanukah menorah after sundown, letting it burn into the night.2 The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, explains that there is significance to these differences. The number seven represents the natural order of the world, as reflected in the seven days of creation and the seven days of the week. Eight represents a step beyond nature: the supernatural, the transcendent. The Temple was a place of holiness and revealed G‑dliness, and the seven lights of the menorah were enough to light up the Temple and the world around it. Nowadays, there is more spiritual darkness in the world, and G‑dliness is concealed. We need to reach beyond the limitations of nature and tap into a higher level of holiness in order to illuminate the darkness outside. The eight lights of our Chanukah menorahs, burning in the night, transform the world into a G‑dly, light-filled place.3    ebay4612 /164