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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 534151, member: 4381"]First, I picked the coin I thought looks closest and I had just gotten done looking at some of those photos including the one I linked it, but what really caused the original statement was that there is a tradition from the RamBam that the Menora actually had straight arms that came out of the center at an angle. But if that is a Menora, it has 8 arms not six.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Menora being represented in picturegraph, that is not so easy because historically there is a tendency to avoid the image when carved (sometimes they drew a line over the top of it) BUT, it was still used often as a Jewish and Religious symbol on walls, art, mossiacs, and all kinds of significant things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 534151, member: 4381"]First, I picked the coin I thought looks closest and I had just gotten done looking at some of those photos including the one I linked it, but what really caused the original statement was that there is a tradition from the RamBam that the Menora actually had straight arms that came out of the center at an angle. But if that is a Menora, it has 8 arms not six. As for the Menora being represented in picturegraph, that is not so easy because historically there is a tendency to avoid the image when carved (sometimes they drew a line over the top of it) BUT, it was still used often as a Jewish and Religious symbol on walls, art, mossiacs, and all kinds of significant things. Ruben[/QUOTE]
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