[Avodah] SEMI CIRCLE MENORAH

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 01:17:40PM -0700, Daniel Israel wrote:
: On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:08:14 -0700 Menachem Posner 
: <menachemp at juno.com> wrote:
: >Does anyone know of a definitive ruling as to whether a Chanukah 
: >menorah may or may not be shaped in a semi circle? Or rather, why 
: >is it that no orthodox Jews ever use such Menorahs since there is 
: >no apparent reason why not to?

: R' Seth Mandel posted an excellent discussion of the shape of the 
: Menorah in the BhM on Avodah, you can find it in the archives:
: http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol12/v12n065.shtml#12


I thought the original question  was about the shape of a Chanikiyah's
lamps -- need they be arranged in a line or is a semicircle also okay.

Gut Voch!
-Micha

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