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I was convinced that there is an ancient origin to the Magen David (Star of David) that ties it to the nation of Israel, that it wasn't yet discovered and that I must find it ..
In order not to search for the origin of the Magen David (Star of David) in the infinite sea I decided to follow these research guidelines:
1.Since the Bible is the book that describes the formation of the nation of Israel my research will begin with it.
2.Since the Magen David (Star of David) is a relatively complicated and symmetrical form I will try to find it in nature.
3.After finding the origin in nature I will look for connections between my findings and the Bible.
The Menorah
31 "Make a lamp stand of pure gold and hammer it out, base and shaft; its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms shall be of one piece with it. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lamp standthree on one side and three on the other. 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lamp stand. 34 And on the lamp stand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
The branches were decorated with bowls knobs and flowers. Each branch ended with three bowls; above each bowl there was a knob; above it there was a flower; above it there was a candle. as the verse says:
"Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower" (Exodus 25:33).
Onklus translates the word "flower" to "lily".
The first question I asked myself was whether the Aramaic translation of the word "flower" to "lily" was in all the instances or only here (in the making of the Menorah)?
I found out that in the controversy of Korah the Almighty commanded to take an almond rod in the name of every tribe and put it in the Tabernacle; the rod that will flourish will show which tribe was chosen to serve the Almighty; eventually the rod of Aaron flowered.
"The rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds" (Numbers: 17:23)
In this case Onklus translates the word "flower" to "Blossom" - which shows that when he said "lily" in the making of the Tabernacle he indeed meant the lily.
Now it is required to examine what is the lily. To this end I read in the Song of Songs:
"As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters". (2:2)
The translation says that the rose here is the Jewish people, this verse talks about the resistant belief of Israel opposite the belief of the nations of the world.
Iben Ezra's commentary about this verse is that the rose is a white flower that has a good aroma and six leaves (The Hebrew name of the lily, "shoshana" , comes from the Hebrew word for six "shesh").
Professor Yehuda Felix in his book Nature in the Biblical land (In Hebrew, page 266) says that the rose is the white lily (from the Lilium family).
I found that this family counts 100 different species and the white lily is the single lily that grows naturally in Israel (Hebrew Encyclopedia, value: rose).
I took this photohttp://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/03/white-lily.html
from above projection; in it the Star of David (Magen David) is seen clearly.
In other words each candle in the Menorah was in the centerhttp://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/04/star-of-david-menora-1.html
of a Magen David (Star of David).
Every morning the High Priest used to prepare the candles to be lit.
Every evening the High Priest lit the 7 candles.
As known there were no windows in the Tabernacle; additionally the Menorah was lit in the night; light did not enter the tent except for the light that was produced by the Menorah.
The candle and the flower from underneath it created a shadow in the form of a Magen Davidhttp://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/04/star-of-david-menora_03.html
(Star of David) on the floor of the Tabernacle so that 7 such shadows of Stars of David were created and flickered on the floor of the Tabernacle.
to read all of this article;
http://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/06/jewish-origin-of-star-of-david.html
Shalom
I was convinced that there is an ancient origin to the Magen David (Star of David) that ties it to the nation of Israel, that it wasn't yet discovered and that I must find it ..
In order not to search for the origin of the Magen David (Star of David) in the infinite sea I decided to follow these research guidelines:
1.Since the Bible is the book that describes the formation of the nation of Israel my research will begin with it.
2.Since the Magen David (Star of David) is a relatively complicated and symmetrical form I will try to find it in nature.
3.After finding the origin in nature I will look for connections between my findings and the Bible.
The Menorah
31 "Make a lamp stand of pure gold and hammer it out, base and shaft; its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms shall be of one piece with it. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lamp standthree on one side and three on the other. 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lamp stand. 34 And on the lamp stand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
The branches were decorated with bowls knobs and flowers. Each branch ended with three bowls; above each bowl there was a knob; above it there was a flower; above it there was a candle. as the verse says:
"Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower" (Exodus 25:33).
Onklus translates the word "flower" to "lily".
The first question I asked myself was whether the Aramaic translation of the word "flower" to "lily" was in all the instances or only here (in the making of the Menorah)?
I found out that in the controversy of Korah the Almighty commanded to take an almond rod in the name of every tribe and put it in the Tabernacle; the rod that will flourish will show which tribe was chosen to serve the Almighty; eventually the rod of Aaron flowered.
"The rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds" (Numbers: 17:23)
In this case Onklus translates the word "flower" to "Blossom" - which shows that when he said "lily" in the making of the Tabernacle he indeed meant the lily.
Now it is required to examine what is the lily. To this end I read in the Song of Songs:
"As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters". (2:2)
The translation says that the rose here is the Jewish people, this verse talks about the resistant belief of Israel opposite the belief of the nations of the world.
Iben Ezra's commentary about this verse is that the rose is a white flower that has a good aroma and six leaves (The Hebrew name of the lily, "shoshana" , comes from the Hebrew word for six "shesh").
Professor Yehuda Felix in his book Nature in the Biblical land (In Hebrew, page 266) says that the rose is the white lily (from the Lilium family).
I found that this family counts 100 different species and the white lily is the single lily that grows naturally in Israel (Hebrew Encyclopedia, value: rose).
I took this photohttp://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/03/white-lily.html
from above projection; in it the Star of David (Magen David) is seen clearly.
In other words each candle in the Menorah was in the centerhttp://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/04/star-of-david-menora-1.html
of a Magen David (Star of David).
Every morning the High Priest used to prepare the candles to be lit.
Every evening the High Priest lit the 7 candles.
As known there were no windows in the Tabernacle; additionally the Menorah was lit in the night; light did not enter the tent except for the light that was produced by the Menorah.
The candle and the flower from underneath it created a shadow in the form of a Magen Davidhttp://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/04/star-of-david-menora_03.html
(Star of David) on the floor of the Tabernacle so that 7 such shadows of Stars of David were created and flickered on the floor of the Tabernacle.
to read all of this article;
http://star-of-david.blogspot.com/2006/06/jewish-origin-of-star-of-david.html
Shalom
