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Straightening Out the Menorah

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the evolution and symbolism of the Chabad menorah design, tracing its roots to the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson's interpretation of Maimonides' twelfth-century diagram of the menorah. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ChabadMaimonidesLubavitcher RebbeMenorahPublic Menorah LightingsJewish SymbolismMenachem Mendel SchneersonArch Of TitusAesthetic InterpretationRabbi Joseph Kafih

Places mentioned

San Francisco, California, United States
"Chabads campaign of public menorah lightings began in San Francisco, in 1975."
Berlin, Germany
"Bill Graham, San Franciscos famous Rock and Roll impresario (and Holocaust survivor, born Wulf Grajonca in Berlin)"
Israel
"In 2007, when the Chabad lightings in Israel were getting into high gear, the Israeli critic Ariel Hirschfeld wrote in Haaretz"
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
"the famous autograph manuscript held in Oxford (Bodleian Ms. Poc. 295)"
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"In the French National Library today, one may consult about fifteen hundred Hebrew manuscripts"
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