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Menorah ?

robinstown · 2012-11-26 22:53:56

hi i bought this item at a car boot sale and i am wondering is it a menorah,there are no markings on it but it looks old any help would be greatly appreciated

26-11-2012 10:53pm

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robinstown

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hi i bought this item at a car boot sale and i am wondering is it a menorah,there are no markings on it but it looks old any help would be greatly appreciated

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#2 26-11-2012 10:56pm

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Doesn't a menorah have 7 branches?

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#3 26-11-2012 11:04pm

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It looks like a Menorah but if it is, it's a funeral one, normal ones have 7 branches and feast ones have 9, sorry I don't know the proper names for them.

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#4 26-11-2012 11:15pm

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I am not familiar with a five-branched candelabrum being a "Menorah", but the seven-branched one is and I always associated the nine-branched version with Jewish festival of Hannukah.

The seven-branched Menorah is a (the?) symbol of the state of Israel.

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