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sirlucd t1_j0wtny5 wrote

Cool engineering feat. Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate 🥂🍾

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-Puddleglum- t1_j0xqx9h wrote

Iʻd love to see Adam Sandler sing a little song while playing the worldʻs largest ukulele near the Balto statue.

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Unsweeticetea t1_j0xy1nv wrote

That's a hanukiah (8+1 branches), not a menorah (7 branches).

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fortpro87 t1_j0ylstw wrote

Yea but nobody calls them hanukiah anymore

Source: Jewish, Jewish school, Jewish neighborhood

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Unsweeticetea t1_j0zp65s wrote

Also Jewish, Jewish school, around several Jewish communities, and I don't know anybody that calls it a menorah unless it's a song lyric.

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fortpro87 t1_j0zvdzr wrote

Interesting. What type (idk how to phrase that sorry) of Jewish are you

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Unsweeticetea t1_j0zvipl wrote

Ashkenazi, grew up in Los Angeles. Unless you were asking denomination, in which case, Reform, but most of those around me are Conservative.

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citytiger OP t1_j10bi5y wrote

I’m reform and I have always called it a menorah.

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Thistleblower t1_j0xurb7 wrote

Lit from space I assume, So cool!

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cabeeza t1_j0ysrmq wrote

Isn't there a thing about religious symbols in public spaces? There seems to be a rucus every time a cross or nativity scene goes up in some town...

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Which_League9922 t1_j0yxxhv wrote

This is no different than a Christmas tree display. I think you’re confusing a display that is associated with a religious holiday (e.g. a Christmas tree, Easter egg/bunny display, or frankly even a Jack o lantern) with a display of a scene/object that is religious in and of itself (e.g. a cross, passion play, nativity scene, or something depicting something unmistakably and purely religious). Jewish teaching is very clear that the menorah itself isn’t a religious or holy object, despite its ties to religious tradition.

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