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The Quest for an Objective Halakhic Standard by which to Judge Artistic Expression: A Case Study from the Eighteenth-Century Synagogue Menorah

Summarizing Yosie Levine in Lehrhaus · Published Sunday, December 8, 2024
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JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the halakhic challenges and rabbinic debates surrounding the construction of artistic seven-branched menorahs in the eighteenth century. 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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Temple  Halakhah  Menorah  Jewish Art  Rabbinic Authority  Religious Prohibition  Shulhan Arukh  Eighteenth Century  R. Joseph Colon  R. Hayyim Yoseif David Azulai 

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"In the second quarter of the eighteenth century, well-meaning members of a Jerusalem synagogue standing in the shadow of the Old City walls decided to embark on a building project."
Serrai, Central Macedonia, Greece
"In light of the fact that there are so many differences between the details of the Temple menorah recorded in the Torah and these [contemporary menorahs] it appears that there is no prohibition against retaining [the menorah]."
Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"Synagogues in Nuremberg,[19] Worms,[20] Frth[21] and Prague,[22] for instance, prominently featured such menorahs during the eighteenth century."
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
"Synagogues in Nuremberg,[19] Worms,[20] Frth[21] and Prague,[22] for instance, prominently featured such menorahs during the eighteenth century."
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
"Synagogues in Nuremberg,[19] Worms,[20] Frth[21] and Prague,[22] for instance, prominently featured such menorahs during the eighteenth century."
Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
"Synagogues in Nuremberg,[19] Worms,[20] Frth[21] and Prague,[22] for instance, prominently featured such menorahs during the eighteenth century."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"The independent-minded chief rabbi of Amsterdam had a penchant for bucking convention. "
Lviv, Lvivshchyna, Ukraine
"R. Hayyim Kohen Rappaport (1699-1771), who served for a time as av beit din in Lemberg, likewise took up the case of the seven-branched menorah."

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