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With Prof. Steven Fine discussing the Menorah and its history
We discussed the Menorah, the shape of the Menorah (round vs straight ranches), Rambam's manuscript, Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Arch of Titus Menorah, the Arch of Titus project, using digital imaging to discover yellow paint on the Arch of Titus Menorah, the Menorah as a Jewish symbol, the Menorah in modern Israel/zionism, the Menorah as a “Jewish Holy Grail”, the “Menorah in the Vatican” myth, and much more.
To view the Titus Arch Menorah: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/frieze-on-the-arch-of-titus-gm471155084-63347931
To purchase, “The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel”: https://amzn.to/415NNxW
To purchase, “The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rome – and back”: https://amzn.to/4a0qo55
To read “The Hanukkah Lamp” by Mordechai Narkiss: https://www.academia.edu/11917045/Mordecai_Narkiss_The_Hanukkah_Lamp_1939_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9B%D7%99_%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94
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Great! I loved it. Did you ever discuss of why the mitzvah of menorah took so long to catch on? Josephus says he did not know why they were lighting menorah and that was hundreds of years after the story of Chanukah!
But they clearly *were* lighting it by the time of Josephus.