Antique Dealer's Walk of the Menorahs Through the Ages

HUFFINGTON POST
By Jonathan Greenstein

French writer and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once famously said, "Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings." This sentiment seems especially fitting as we enter the fourth night of Hanukkah, the holiday that celebrates the Maccabees' victory over the Greeks. In commemoration of that victory, Jewish law indicates that a menorah, also known as a Chanukiyah, is lit to remember the miracle of Hanukkah. In its most basic form, a menorah must have eight oil or candleholders neatly lined up in a row on equal height. However, menorahs can be as simple as eight shot glasses or extremely opulent and elaborate. As the owner of the only auction house in the United States that is dedicated solely to the sale of antique Jewish ritual art, I have had thousands of menorahs pass through my hands over the span of my 30-year career. [link]