Growing up we never had a ‘traditional’ menorah at home. We used to improvise every Chanukah, it usually ended up being the brown Duralex glass plate as the base for the candles (Kind of like a birthday cake with no cake, if one can imagine…).
I kept up with this tradition till Zoe brought a menorah form her preschool 2 years ago. Than I became greedy…of course I liked the one that Zoe made…how could I not…but now I wanted a real menorah that will last for many years to come and ,just like magic, every time we light it we will ignite loads of family memories. After searching for a while I found the one I really liked,
of course it was too expensive for me to buy. It will have to wait another year. (Maybe that was what my mother had been saying all along while using the glass plate as our menorah).
Mean while I thought this menorah had a great concept and it was really inexpensive. i will use it as a place holder for now...
Here are some others I thought were not your average Shloimalech:
The 'not Schlock's Man-orah Menorah by Josh Korwin and Alyssa Zukas create the Man-orah menorahs by hand using plumbing parts! Josh and Alyssa created Not Schlock as, "a proactive response to the overall lack of tasteful, hip, un-schlocky Judaica available to the general public."
'not Schlock's Man-orah Menorah
Shlomi Shillinger's (an Israeli designer) Cube Menorah is a reconfigurable sculpture that can
be enjoyed all year long. Its modular ceramic pieces can be used as
multiple candleholders anytime. Genius!
and this one I thought was just too funny, a really great design for what seems to be the ultimate combination of a menorah and a Christmas tree.
Happy Holidays Chanukah Menorah Tree - Green
We are also making a menorah this year, I promise to share when it's in the making.
