Hanukkah lamp
(Zhytomyr 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 of bronze in the form of a bench with a decorative design. The backrest of this hanukka candelabrum is decorated in the form of oval with a crown at the top hold on the sides of by two lions. The armrests are made as whole with the decorative pattern. One of two "servant" candle holders (shamashes) is in the form of a cup on the bench of chanukiah on the left side along with the main candle holders, and the second shamash is attached to the right armrest. To the cups of candle holders the special high-purified oil is poured and wicks are put.
- Museum / institution
- Zhytomyr Regional Museum of Culture and Traditions
- Inventory number in the institution
- ЖКМ КП №32113/6 ІІІМ 388
- History, source, type and date of acquisition
- This Hanukkah candelabrum was transferred from the museum in Berdychiv in 1959. It arrived to the museum in Berdychiv from a synagogue.
- Production period
- CE
- Technique
- repoussage and chasing, riveting
- 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
- the beginning of XIX - end of XIX
- Materials
- bronze
- Dimensions, cm
- width: 29.00, height: 15.70, length: 24.00
- Preservation condition
- bad
- Description of the preservation condition
- One main candle holder was lost, the basis of candle holders (bottom part) is split and sealed, the armrest on the left is lost, this chanukiah is soiled, has scretches, abrasions, oxidation.
- Restoration
- Restoration is recommended.
- Current location
- in storage