[TheForge] kosher menorah?- from holiday blksmthg

[Ray Miller]

ANYTHING GOES is not quite accurate as I mentioned in my previous 
reply. As many non-Jewish artists and crafts people have entered the 
market making Chanukah menorahs, there are more and more that are not 
traditionally "kosher".

It really is a matter of which branch of the Judaism we're talking 
about. For Orthodox and Conservative Jewish congregations, they only 
recognize menorahs with the 8 branches at the same height and the 9th 
either elevated or set off to the side, usually the right side.

Reform and other liberal sects of Judaism are less rigid on the designs.

They certainly don't have to be blessed for any application, and the 
pigskin reference would be more of a Muslim aversion. Jews just don't 
eat pork usually, except if they are liberal.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 08:10 AM, mike wolfe wrote:

> Well there are two types of menorah's, one is the standard seven 
> candle type used daily in some homes and synagogues and then there is 
> the eight candle ones that are used for the Hanukkah celebration.
> If you Goggle Menorahs, you will see there is no restriction on size, 
> style or anything,  "anything goes"
> As for as kosher, I don't think so...
> Maybe if was going to be used in a synagogues it might have to be 
> blessed and not made from pig skin,
> other then that "anything goes"
> I have known  smiths who have made good money making high end creative 
> and elegant menorahs,
> and no lightning bolts have come down to strike them.
> Mike Wolfe
>
> Fiorini & Skiles wrote:
>
>> What is required for a menorah to be kosher in blacksmithing?
>> -Kirsten
>>
>
>
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