[Avodah] the rmbm's menorah

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 08:53:25AM -0800, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
: http://dovbear.blogspot.com/2010/12/shaky-chabad-menorah-history.html#more 
: why is different  from all the  artists  of  ancient times?

This has been discussed at length in the past. Hit the archive.
E.g.
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=S#SHAPE%20OF%20THE%20MENORAH%20OF%20THE%20TEMPLE
a/k/a http://bit.ly/gSsCYc

In
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=M#MENORAHS
(1998) RJM points to an essay by "one Jennifer Reiss" at
http://www.gidon.com/jennifer/old/thesis.html

http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=S#SEMICIRCLE%20MENORAH
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=S#SEMICIRCULAR%20MENORAH
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=S#SEMI%20CRICLE%20MENORAH
etc...

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha