Hanukkah lamp
(Rivne Regional Museum of Culture and Traditions)
Hanukkah Menorah is a special candelabrum whose candles are lit up during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah candelabrum made of bronse in the form of a bench with a decorative design. The backrest is made in the form of a grate with a floral ornament, the two armrests are presented as latticework and have projections with round openings in places of attachment of the "servant" candle holders - the shamashes. The three elements are connected by a transverse plate with eight polygonal and eight round openings in places of attachment of the candle holders.
- Museum / institution
- Rivne Regional Museum of Culture and Traditions
- Inventory number in the institution
- РОКМ КН 15036 VIII М 1182
- unknown
- History, source, type and date of acquisition
- This Hannukah candelabrum was found in the village Velyki Mezhyrichi of Korets district and transferred to the museum by the research fellow of Rivne Regional Natural History Museum Luts Viktor Danylovych in 1983.
- Production period
- CE
- Technique
- casting
- Religious holiday / lifecycle
- Hanukkah
- Religious holiday / lifecycle, comment
- On the first day of the holiday of Hanukkah the wick of shamash and of the first candle on the right side are lit up with a special blessings. One more candle is lit up on each of the following days of the holiday of Hanukkah, till all the 9 candles will be burning on the eighth day of the holiday. It should be noted that the oil is poured and the wicks are put from the left candle holder to the right one, and the candles are lit up from the right candle holder to the left.
- Era
- middle of XVII - end of XVII
- Materials
- bronze
- Dimensions, cm
- width: 25.00, height: 13.00, length: 22.00
- Preservation condition
- satisfactory
- Description of the preservation condition
- The main and "servant" candle holders were lost.
- Restoration
- Restoration is recommended.
- Current location
- on display