The Knesset Menorah (Hebrew: מנורת הכנסת Menorat HaKnesset) is a bronze menorah that is 4.30 meters high and 3.5 meters wide and weighs 4 tons. It is located at the edge of Wohl Rose Park (Hebrew Gan Havradim, "Rose Garden") opposite the Knesset in Jerusalem. It was designed by Benno Elkan (1877–1960), a Jewish sculptor who escaped from his native Germany to the United Kingdom. It was presented to the Knesset as a gift from the British Parliament on April 15, 1956, in honour of the eighth anniversary of Israeli independence.
The Knesset Menorah was modelled after the golden candelabrum that stood in the Temple in Jerusalem. A series of bronze reliefs on the Menorah depict the struggles to survive of the Jewish people, depicting formative events, images and concepts from the Hebrew Bible and Jewish history. The engravings on the six branches of the Menorah portray episodes since the Jewish exile from the Land of Israel. Those on the central branch portray the fate of the Jews from the biblical return to the Land to the establishment of the modern State of Israel. It has been described as a visual "textbook" of Jewish history.[1]
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7783°N 35.2051°E / 31.7783; 35.2051 The KnessetMenorah (Hebrew: מנורת הכנסת Menorat HaKnesset) is a bronze menorah that is 4.30 meters high and 3.5 meters...
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distinctive bronze KnessetMenorah, a gift from the United Kingdom, was placed. The garden was then renamed "Gan HaMenora" ("Garden of the Menorah"). When the...
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British sculptor and medallist. His work includes the big Menorah standing in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem and also numerous monuments, busts and medals...
virtue of a seal, and although it only contained enough oil to sustain the Menorah for one day, it miraculously lasted for eight days, by which time further...
the whole Torah while the man stands on one foot (detail from the KnessetMenorah, Jerusalem) Personal Born Babylon, Parthian Empire Died c. 10 CE Jerusalem...
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Israel chose sacred religious motifs as national symbols, such as the KnessetMenorah or the Star of David in killing-machines like F-16 jets. Latuff also...
Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver, volume 3, pages 153–85. New York: Menorah Publishing Company, 2004. Bahir, part 1, paragraph 180. Provence, circa...
the Jewish–Roman wars Detail of Simon bar Kokhba from Benno Elkan's KnessetMenorah Belligerents Roman Empire Judeans Commanders and leaders Hadrian Quintus...
Aggadah (left, represented by Solomon) and the legal divine judgment rulings of Halakhah (right, represented by Aaron and his sons) on the KnessetMenorah...
parashah reports God's commands to bring olive oil for the lamp (מְנוֹרָה, Menorah), make sacred garments for the priests (כֹּהֲנִים, kohanim), conduct...
Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver, volume 3, pages 239–61. New York: Menorah Publishing Company, 2004. Maimonides. Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Shemita V'Yovel...
wine by priests in Leviticus 10:8–11, the section of the lights of the menorah in Numbers 8:1–4, and the section of the red heifer in Numbers 19 (which...
of Jerusalem and Acre reduced to 1:50 leaving their height at 1:25; KnessetMenorah - 1:15 The models are made of polyurethane or similar polymeric materials...
annotated by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver, pages 101–25. New York: Menorah Publishing Company, 1999. Benjamin of Tudela. The Itinerary of Benjamin...
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