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Monday, April 09, 2018

Mysterious Star of David Zion 12 Letters



Here's Matt's letter to me.
Anyone who knows the answer is invited to send me an Email to zeevveez at gmail dot com


Hello,


My name is Matt -- I find symbols and variations really interesting, particularly when I can't figure them out (and my sources can't either).

I came across this depiction of a Star of David recently. I haven't been taught Hebrew but I can tell that "Zion" is in the center. However, I cannot figure out or find other examples with the 12 other letters around the outside. I thought the 12 tribes would have been an obvious explanation, but I can only make some of them fit, 9 or so, by the first letters of their names. There's definitely no "Asher" in there as far as I can tell (but again, novice here!)

In my searches for an explanation I came across your blog and figured you may be just the person to ask. Do you perhaps know the significance of this depiction? It is a commercially-produced object, as far as I can tell. Some of my Jewish friends are stumped...

Thanks so much,
Matt

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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Brewers’ Stars and the Star of David

Brewers’ Stars and the Star of David in:
Jacob Linckh, Landauer Band I (1659), Seite 118v


It is a well-known fact that the Brewer's Star (on brewery signs, inn signs, beer kegs, beer guild logos, beer cups etc.) looks exactly like the Star of David, but it is important to notice that even though every Star of David is a six-pointed star - not every six-pointed star is a Star of David. For example, there are natural hexagrams like stars, snowflakes and flowers; and there are artificial hexagrams like police badges, Chinese checkers etc.
Matthias Trum claims in his thesis [1] that the oldest depiction of a brewer is in a 1425 painting from Nuremberg, Germany. Later on Matthias Trum tries to answer (without arriving to any clear conclusion) the question: “How could one symbol in the course of history get two so different meanings? Might there even be a connection between both forms, e.g. do they have the same origin, or is the similarity merely coincidental”?
There are two facts about the connection between the hexagram and the alcohol industry, which might help answer Matthias Trum’s question: the first is that James Bennett Pritchard found a few hexagrams engraved on some wine jar handles from the 8th century B.C.E. at Gibeon, Israel [2]. The second is that hexagrams were found as Greek emblems for the marking of wines in Thasos and Carthago.

Another point that seems relevant here is that in alchemy the hexagram is composed from a triangle that points up representing fire while the triangle that points down represents water. Fire and water (needless to say) are opposites. In the hexagram they interpenetrate, and together they represent the unity of the opposites or (in alchemy)- the fiery water, the alcohol, the brandy etc.

Folklore has it that like the SIX points of the hexagram the brewers’ star represented the SIX aspects of brewing: water, hops, grain, malt, yeast, and brewer.

Notes:
[1] For Technical University in Munich titled: Historical depictions, guild signs and symbols of the brewing and malting handcraft) http://www.schlenkerla.de/biergeschichte/brauerstern/html/brauerdarstellungene.html
[2] The Water System of Gibeon, 1961, Page 47, 48 ISBN 0-934718-14-8
[3] Kadmoniot, 1973, Israel pp. 2-17



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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Star of David on Floor Tiles


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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Star of David on an antique sad iron stand

Cast iron with a 1/4" top rail around the platform & measures 7 1/4" x 4 1/8" x 1 1/8".
(c) Pietro Bisenzi 2014
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Friday, March 30, 2012

My new Gallery about Seder Plates

Seder Plate from Germany c. 1900
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Source: CC Picture uploaded to Flickr by
center_for_jewish_history NYC
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

My new Star of David Bookmark

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Star of David Watch

The points of the Star of David show the even numbers (hours) 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
The angles between the points show the odd numbers (hours) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Star of David on Jewelry by David Weitzman


Designed by David Weitzman from Ka Gold Jewelry


Hebrew: Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing)
Designed by David Weitzman from Ka Gold Jewelry
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Star of David on a Birthday Card

Star of David on a Birthday Card
Macro Photography
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Star of David on Fragrant Candles

Nationalistic blue and white candles
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Star of David Bell

There's another Star of David on the holder of the bell. 
Picture is courtesy of Zako 
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Christmas or Sukkah Decoration

My dear friend Dick Ben Dor brought me these Christian hexagrams as Christmas Decorations 
but they are good also for the Sukkah because of the 
Star of David
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Bag Flag

An Israeli flag appears on a bag promoting the selling of dresses. I didn't see actually any doll walking in the street with this kind of gadget, but it seems that it won't be long till each Israeli patriot will have at least one of these bags (and then the Arabs will make bags with their own flags:)

Picture by Hayim Shtayer. Copyright Hayim Shtayer 2009  

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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Russell Crowe

Actor Russell Crowe plays the roll of Jewish Police Detective Richie Roberts (with a Star of David necklace) in the 2007  film American Gangster . 

See:

http://www.bangitout.com/uploads/50russelCrowJewishstar.jpg

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Shma Israel

Shma Israel in Hebrew means in English “hear oh Israel” and it is a traditional Jewish prayer. Here we see a unique design of a Star of David made from the Hebrew letters of Shma Israel. Thanks to my friend Uri Ofir for referring me to this masterpiece and to Haya Wiesel for letting me publish it here.

You may contact her:972523651029 contact@silverart.co.il

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Star of David Napkin Holder


Star of David Napkin Holder made from:
A Napkin triangle with its point upward;
A Holder triangle with its point downward;
Designed and Produced in Israel by Limor & Yaron
972-54-5331417
Copyright: Limor & Shlomi 2008
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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Candy Box in the shape of a Star of David

This is a commercial advertisement from the fifties showing a drawing of a candy box in the shape of a Star of David held in the hand of a beautiful woman. This style of drawings was replaced later by pictures of candy boxes and of beautiful women, which left fewer places for imagination. Anyhow, seeing the Jewish star in such a nostalgic context is quite unique, so I’m proud to bring you this excellent picture.
Copyright: Zako 2008

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Olive Wood Candlestick

For Chanukah, which starts next week, Aviram Paz from Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek prepared in his amateur carpentry workshop this original olive wood candlestick in the shape of the Star of David, and without any nail.
Size: 60X60 cm
Courtesy of Aviram Paz
Photographed by: David Eynav
Copyright: David Eynav 2008

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Magen David and Arrow Pin

Magen David with an arrow pin attached to the dress of  Sheyndel-Sonya Menuchin-Neiman, relative of famous violinist, Yehudi Menuchin.

Photographed in Jerusalem c. 1910 by  the famous Armenian photographer Krikorian [1918-1847].

All rights reserved to Oded Israeli

Thanks to Dobush from Kfar Aza fro referring me to this image.

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