#(this post might have been made for long held reasons)

[ID: A photoset with photography of eight images of a sterling silver “Hanukiyah”. It is very old and shows age from over the years, including light scratches, especially around the middle, surrounding the imagery of the middle. Imagery included is an alter showcasing in front of it a seven branched menorah, vines that may be symbolizing grapevines, a crown symbolizing Torah at the top, and nine small oil lamps to pour oil into, along with the small cup on the right hand side to pour oil from. The “shamash” is placed higher on the left hand side, opposite. The back of the hanukiyah shows indents of the same images as the front on the opposite end, and does not appear to have a maker’s mark, showing that it is possibly historically handmade. The oil lamps are slightly rusted over, also indicating its potential age. At least four of the oil lamps’ caps are missing. Two are set aside inside the small tray towards the back left corner. It continues to stand in otherwise decent condition as an antique. The following text reads:

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Here is my family’s traditional menorah!” End ID]

#izzyizumi jewishness #izzyizumi personal #izzyizumi posts #izzyizumi text post #izzyizumi text posts #izzyizumi personal commentary #izzyizumi family #(I can get many more photos of this thing but I think these will do for now!!!)#(though I do aim to get more photos when I can get some in good daytime lighting)#(ANYWAY)#(Please stop making snide digs as you try to find out exactly how JEWISH-Jewish I am!!!)#(I'm so tired of having to explain my family's entire history to Gentiles who literally know sh*t about Judaism to begin with!!!)#(much less like cultural Christians know literally anything when it comes to Jewish self identity to begin with!!!)#('wow OP I wonder why you held back on talking about your family and your background for so long!!!' IDEK I TRULY WONDER WHY)#(but anyway I decided to stop hiding my Jewishness so here have photos of our family's GORGEOUS menorah THANKYOU)#(This post might have been made for Long held Reasons)#(including the fact that the last 4 years in particular have been ABSOLUTE HELL for the Jewish community in general)#(YEAH I was Holding Back on talking about it)#(Now??? NOW THOUGH idek maybe I'll be a lot more obnoxious on showing my Jewishness and how proud I am of it MAYBE)#(MAYBE I'm not going to give a care anymore wow imagine that!!)#(ANYWAY HI MY JEWISH FAMILY IS JEWISH)#(venting aside look genuinely these are going to be things I'm going to talk about More in the coming years)#(if me talking about Jewish things from a Jewish point of view is going to offend you you might as well unfollow right now thankyou)#(sorry but i'm in A MOOD tonight because it's been 5 years since my grandmother passed and yeah i am REFLECTING)#(ok genuinely though i'm still so curious how this thing has the 7 candles menorah in the center because um wow?!????)#(MY FRIEND WHO DEALS WITH ANTIQUES SAYS IT LOOKS HANDMADE AND ASKED ME IF SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY MADE IT?????)#('UMMMM IDEK ALL I KNOW WAS MY GRANDMAS GRANDPA WHO WAS ALSO AN AARON WAS A TAILOR AND A DRESS MAKER')#('IDEK WHO WOULD EVEN HAVE THE TECHNIQUE TO MAKE THIS THING' unless someone further earlier in their lines made it?!???)#(and yes 'Uncle' Aaron got his name from that Grandpa Aaron IT'S A NAME THAT'S BEEN PASSED DOWN Y U P)