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Seeing The Menorah
As A Symbol Of Our People
presence of God in the spiritual
lives of the Jewish people. This eter-
nal and comforting light burns
brightly in every Jewish soul and
sanctuary alike. In an emotional and
sensual way, we are welcomed into
God's presence by its warm flames.
It is as if each Jewish soul is
"he Lord spoke to
wrapped in God's light during
Moses, saying, 'Speak
moments of prayer and meditation
to Aaron and say to
that take place near the eternal
hin-:. 'When you
flame.
mount the lamps, ler the seven
In many ways, the Torah portion
lamps give light at the front of the
emphasizes the senses of sound and
lampstand (menorah)' ... Now this
light. The cloud of God
.is how the lampstand
that hovers over the taber-
(Menorah) was made: It
nacle complements the
was hammered work of
menorah by offering an
gold, hammered from base
image of the divine pres-
to petal. According to the
ence in our ancestor's lives.
pattern that the Lord had
/-? shown Moses, so was the
In a modern world, the
children
of Israel continue
lampstand (menorah)
to look for symbols of
made." (Numbers 8:1-4)
God's presence. In the
The menorah is one of
same way that a newborn
the central features of the
infant cries out to its par-
sanctuary and Temple from
RABBI JOSHUA ents to be swaddled and
ancient times until today.
L. BENNETT
blanketed with paternal
It has become a symbol of
Special to the
and maternal love, the
our people's connection to
Jewish News
modern Jew seeks confir-
God through our religious
/-
mation
that God remains
moments and spaces. It
dedicated to the Jewish
has withstood the test of
people.
time and finds a niche in nearly
In these times of discord and dis-
every Jewish home and place of
unity, we are searching for signs and
worship.
symbols of God's eternal love.
. What is it that makes this symbol
Perhaps the eternal light and meno-
such an important part of our com-
rah
can remind us that we are not
munal history? Descriptions of the
alone
— that others have struggled
commandment -:- construct a
with
the
same challenges — that
menorah for the sanctuary appear
generations of Jews have felt alone
first in the book of Exodus. "You
and have been comforted by the
shall make a menorah of pure gold
knowledge of God's nearness.
... six branches shall come out of its
On this Shabbat, ler these bright
sides; three branches out of either
lights function to bring us this eter-
side."'
nal message. In the words of the
It is commonly believed that 10
sages,
"In your light, 0 God, do we
of these candelabras stood in
see light!" [I
Solomon's Temple. Legend tells that
,
\-- one of these was taken with the
exiles to Babylon in the sixth centu-
ry BCE, was returned to Jerusalem
by those Jews who came back from
that exile and kvas placed in the
Second Temple. Time and again, the
In what ways are we reminded
menorah serves as a reminder of the
that God's presence comes into
Jewish people's struggle to regain
our lives? In what other ways
control of Jerusalem and Zion. And
does Judaism appeal to our sen-
\_, finally, in this century, it has come
sual side (i.e. hearing, seeing,
to represent the State of Israel as its
sensing)?
What can we do
official symbol.
Jewishly
to
become more con-
Often, however, the menorah is
nected
with
the divine-image o
referred to as the ner timid (eternal
God?
How
can
we guarantee
light), representing the constant
that Judaism will continue to,
Joshua L. Bennett is a rabbi at
thrive into the next generation?
Temple Israel.
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