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ادوات السجل العروض	Brass Chanukah dating to 18th century إزالة من الاختيار ضف للاختيار رقم الكائنM2021/025:001 العنوانBrass Chanukah dating to 18th century الوصفBrass chanukah oil lamp, rendered in a Sephardic style from Morocco dating to the 18th century. Mizrahi and Sephardi Hanukkah menorahs use oil instead of the candles used in the Ashkenazi tradition, and are placed on the left of the entrance door and not near a window. This chanukiah belonged to Harry Cohen whose family trace their roots back to Morocco and the expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492. The family lived in Tetouan and Tangier. The chanukiah is the menorah used to hold the eight candles of Chanukah. This Jewish holiday commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after the successful Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE. During the Temples purification, the menorahs candles burned for eight days even though there was only enough oil for one. There are nine branches on the chanukiah; one for each day of the celebration and a ninth to light the candlesone on the first day, two the next, and so on. مكان الإنتاجMorocco التاريخ 1700 - 1800 الموضوعChanukah, festivals, celebrations etc., religious activities, religious festivals, Sephardi Jewry, Sephardic Jewry اسم الكائنchanukiah مادةbrass الأبعاد length: 261.00 mm width: 230.00 mm depth: 87.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Harry Cohen In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

رقم الكائنM2021/025:001

العنوانBrass Chanukah dating to 18th century

الوصفBrass chanukah oil lamp, rendered in a Sephardic style from Morocco dating to the 18th century. Mizrahi and Sephardi Hanukkah menorahs use oil instead of the candles used in the Ashkenazi tradition, and are placed on the left of the entrance door and not near a window.

This chanukiah belonged to Harry Cohen whose family trace their roots back to Morocco and the expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492. The family lived in Tetouan and Tangier.

The chanukiah is the menorah used to hold the eight candles of Chanukah. This Jewish holiday commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after the successful Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE. During the Temples purification, the menorahs candles burned for eight days even though there was only enough oil for one. There are nine branches on the chanukiah; one for each day of the celebration and a ninth to light the candlesone on the first day, two the next, and so on.

مكان الإنتاجMorocco

التاريخ 1700 - 1800

الموضوعChanukah, festivals, celebrations etc., religious activities, religious festivals, Sephardi Jewry, Sephardic Jewry

اسم الكائنchanukiah

مادةbrass

الأبعاد

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Harry Cohen In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

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