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>The only modern use of the 7 candle menorah today is the state symbol of Israel which if we takes the GP tin foil hat theory to heart makes it even more racist

>The only modern use of the 7 candle menorah today is the state symbol of Israel which if we takes the GP tin foil hat theory to heart makes it even more racist. I'm afraid I am unable to understand what you are saying? until today I was unaware of the 9-candle version. Do I understand correctly this would mean the WL tweet might instead refer to "Israel issue"?

dogma1138 8y ago
Funny, the first result that you get when googling Menorah leads you to the 9 candle version.... https://www.google.com/search?q=menorah https://www.google.com/search?q=menorah "The Hanukkah menorah, also chanukiah or hanukkiah is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, as opposed to the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient Temple or as a symbol." And no, the WL tweet does not refer to anything other than to WL using anti-semitic symbolism to attack a Jewish reporter, stop grasping at straws.
- DoctorOetker 8y ago
  Well that just indicates my go to source tends to be wikipedia...
  - dogma1138 8y ago
    Wikipedia does not auto-redirect on search for the term Menorah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah Menorah may refer to: Menorah (Temple), a seven-lamp candelabrum used in the ancient Tabernacle in the desert, the Temple in Jerusalem, and synagogues Menorah (Hanukkah) or ḥanukkiyah, a nine-lamp candelabrum used on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah Knesset Menorah, a bronze monument in front of the Knesset in Israel Menorah Medical Center, an acute care hospital in Overland Park, Kansas Menorah church, a fundamentalist congregation in Switzerland founded by Bruno Meyer So pretty hard to see how one would miss this by chance.....
    - DoctorOetker 8y ago
      It's not at all hard to see how I arrived there if you would only read what I wrote. I thought it was called candelabra So I went to my goto source wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelabra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelabra Find the following sentence, the only one that references "menorah": "In Judaism and the Philippine church Iglesia ni Cristo, the menorah is a special kind of candelabrum. " this links directly to the menorah temple version... if you think this should be changed go BE BOLD! I perused the wikipedia page on Menorah (Temple) some more, and learned that the 7-candle one is considered more sacred, and should only be used in the temple (or perhaps synagogues?) If it was intended anti-semitically I consider it possible to be chosen over the 9-candle version which Judaism allows to be used outside of temples, since depicting a 7-candle version might "violate" this self-imposed rule. When the personality cult president of turkmenistan quit smoking, he banned it nationwide. Similarily an ex-alcoholic doesn't like to see people drink in his vicinity. Similarily some muslims might not appreciate people around them showing off how they are eating during daytime during the ramadan. While I can empathize with their feeling of annoyance, a self-imposed rule is a self-imposed rule. That said I now can interpret depicting a 7-candled Menorah outside of their holy places, can sometimes be done to piss off jews... But I don't believe others should be held to self-imposed rules of one group. Even if it is bad taste of outsiders to shove it in their face. We are not all required by law to be friendly to each other.

dogma1138 8y ago

Funny, the first result that you get when googling Menorah leads you to the 9 candle version.... https://www.google.com/search?q=menorah https://www.google.com/search?q=menorah "The Hanukkah menorah, also chanukiah or hanukkiah is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, as opposed to the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient Temple or as a symbol." And no, the WL tweet does not refer to anything other than to WL using anti-semitic symbolism to attack a Jewish reporter, stop grasping at straws.

DoctorOetker 8y ago
Well that just indicates my go to source tends to be wikipedia...
- dogma1138 8y ago
  Wikipedia does not auto-redirect on search for the term Menorah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah Menorah may refer to: Menorah (Temple), a seven-lamp candelabrum used in the ancient Tabernacle in the desert, the Temple in Jerusalem, and synagogues Menorah (Hanukkah) or ḥanukkiyah, a nine-lamp candelabrum used on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah Knesset Menorah, a bronze monument in front of the Knesset in Israel Menorah Medical Center, an acute care hospital in Overland Park, Kansas Menorah church, a fundamentalist congregation in Switzerland founded by Bruno Meyer So pretty hard to see how one would miss this by chance.....
  - DoctorOetker 8y ago
    It's not at all hard to see how I arrived there if you would only read what I wrote. I thought it was called candelabra So I went to my goto source wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelabra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelabra Find the following sentence, the only one that references "menorah": "In Judaism and the Philippine church Iglesia ni Cristo, the menorah is a special kind of candelabrum. " this links directly to the menorah temple version... if you think this should be changed go BE BOLD! I perused the wikipedia page on Menorah (Temple) some more, and learned that the 7-candle one is considered more sacred, and should only be used in the temple (or perhaps synagogues?) If it was intended anti-semitically I consider it possible to be chosen over the 9-candle version which Judaism allows to be used outside of temples, since depicting a 7-candle version might "violate" this self-imposed rule. When the personality cult president of turkmenistan quit smoking, he banned it nationwide. Similarily an ex-alcoholic doesn't like to see people drink in his vicinity. Similarily some muslims might not appreciate people around them showing off how they are eating during daytime during the ramadan. While I can empathize with their feeling of annoyance, a self-imposed rule is a self-imposed rule. That said I now can interpret depicting a 7-candled Menorah outside of their holy places, can sometimes be done to piss off jews... But I don't believe others should be held to self-imposed rules of one group. Even if it is bad taste of outsiders to shove it in their face. We are not all required by law to be friendly to each other.