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Hanukkah lamp

Hanukkah lamp of the Polish type, referring to the bronzework of the Jewish minority in the 18th and first half of the 19th century. Supported on four legs, it has an eight-burner trough – a recess for oil. The openwork triangular backrest in the shape of circles, rhombuses, triangles and kidneys was attached to the base with a strip.

Hanukkah lamp (Hebrew: hanukiy(y)a; Yiddish: hanike-lomp, hanike-layhter) – a candle holder associated with Hanukkah, a holiday celebrated for eight days, beginning on the 25th day of the month of Kislev (around mid-December). It is related to the commemoration of the anniversary of the victory of Judah Maccabee's Jewish national liberation uprising over the Seleucids (Maccabean uprising/Hashmonean uprising) in 164 BC and the ritual cleansing of the desecrated Jerusalem Temple and its rededication. New equipment was then made, and the small amounts of undefiled oil found were used to light the fire in the temple – there was enough oil until a new batch was delivered. During Hanukkah, the lamp is lit from the left, adding one light each day after sunset. The lamp was usually placed in the window to shine on the world, but not to illuminate the room.

The exhibit comes from the studio of the Kalisz-based graphic artist Tadeusz Kulisiewicz, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. It underwent conservation in 2021.

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Author / creator
unknown
Object type
handicrafts
Place of creation
unknown
Technique
cast
Material
brass
bronze
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Owner
Muzeum Okręgowe Ziemi Kaliskiej
Identification number
MOZK/S.K./1496