1940 Palestine WOODEN ZIONIST PENCIL CASE Jewish ISRAEL FLAG Judaica DAVID STAR

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1940 Palestine WOODEN ZIONIST PENCIL CASE Jewish ISRAEL FLAG Judaica DAVID STAR:
$99.00

DESCRIPOTION : Up for sale is a nicevery rare and attractive wooden pencil case which was manufactured in Eretz Israel ( Palestine ) in the 1940\'s up to the 1960\'s. Before and right after the establishment of the STATE ofISRAEL A typical Jewish - Eretz Israeli - Zionist artifact . The solid wooden pencil case is nicely decorated with a strongly carved and colored proudly waving Flag OF ISRAEL with a BLUE MAGEN DAVID ( Also David\'s Shield and David\'s star ) .Around 3 x 1 x 9.5\" .Excellent condition . Was kept as a collectible and was never used during its 70 years on existance. ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS images ) Will be sent inside a protectivepackaging .

PAYMENT : Payment method accepted : Paypal.SHIPPMENT : Shipp worldwidevia registered airmail is $19 .Will be shipped inside a highly protective packaging. Handling within 3-5 days after payment. Estimated duration 14 days.
hebrew independence israeliana The Star of David is a six-pointed star made up of two triangles superimposed over each other. In Judaism it is often called the Magen David, which means the \"shield of David\" in Hebrew. It doesn’t have any religious significance in Judaism but it is one of the symbols most commonly associated with the Jewish people. Many Jews wear jewelry with the Star of David as part of the design and the Flag of Israel has a blue Star of David in the center. In many ways it has come to be a symbol of unity. Origins of the Star of David The origins of the Star of David are unclear. We do know that the symbol hasn\'t always been associated exclusively with Judaism, but was used by Christians and Muslims at various points in history. Sometimes it was even associated with King Solomon instead of King David. The Star of David is not mentioned in rabbinic literature until the middle ages. It was during the latter part of this era that Kabbalists (Jewish mystics) began to associate the symbol with deeper spiritual meaning. The Star of David was eventually cemented as a Jewish symbol when it became a favorite architectural decoration on Jewish buildings and then during World War II, when Hitler forced Jews to wear a yellow Star of David as a \"badge of shame.\" (Jews were also forced to wear identifying badges during the Middle ages, by the way, though not always a Star of David.) In the past seventy-five years Jews have reclaimed the symbol, beginning with Zionists who gave the star national significance during the founding of Israel. Today the Flag of Israel is a white banner with two horizontal blue lines that have a blue Star of David in the center. Symbolic Meanings There are many ideas about the symbolic meaning of the Star of David. Some Kabbalists thought that the six points represented God\'s absolute rule over the universe in all six directions: north, south, east, west, up and down. They also believed that the triangles represented humanity’s dual nature – good and evil – and that the star could be used as protection against evil spirits. The structure of the star, with two overlapping triangles, has also been thought to represent the relationship between God and the Jewish people. The star that points up symbolizes God and the star that points down represents us here on earth. Yet others have noticed that there are twelve sides on the triangle, perhaps representing the Twelve Tribes. The symbol’s association with King David comes mostly from Jewish legend. For instance, there is a midrash which says that when David was a teen he fought the enemy King Nimrod. David\'s shield was composed of two interlocking triangles attached to the back of a round shield and at one point the battle became so intense that that the two triangles were fused together. David won the battle and the two triangles were henceforth known as the Shield of David. This story, of course, is just one of many! The Magen David (shield of David, or as it is more commonly known, the Star of David) is the symbol most commonly associated with Judaism today, but it is actually a relatively new Jewish symbol. It is supposed to represent the shape of King David\'s shield (or perhaps the emblem on it), but there is really no support for that claim in any early rabbinic literature. In fact, the symbol is so rare in early Jewish literature and artwork that art dealers suspect forgery if they find the symbol in early works. Scholars such as Franz Rosenzweig have attributed deep theological significance to the symbol. For example, some note that the top triangle strives upward, toward G-d, while the lower triangle strives downward, toward the real world. Some note that the intertwining makes the triangles inseparable, like the Jewish people. Some say that the three sides represent the three types of Jews: Kohanim, Levites and Israel. While these theories are theologically interesting, they have little basis in historical fact. The symbol of intertwined equilateral triangles is a common one in the Middle East and North Africa, and is thought to bring good luck. It appears occasionally in early Jewish artwork, but never as an exclusively Jewish symbol. The nearest thing to an \"official\" Jewish symbol at the time was the menorah. In the middle ages, Jews often were required to wear badges to identify themselves as Jews, much as they were in Nazi Germany, but these Jewish badges were not always the familiar Magen David. For example, a fifteenth century painting by Nuno Goncalves features a rabbi wearing a six-pointed badge that looks more or less like an asterisk. In the 17th century, it became a popular practice to put Magen Davids on the outside of synagogues, to identify them as Jewish houses of worship in much the same way that a cross identified a Christian house of worship; however, I have never seen any explanation of why this symbol was chosen, rather than some other symbol. The Magen David gained popularity as a symbol of Judaism when it was adopted as the emblem of the Zionist movement in 1897, but the symbol continued to be controversial for many years afterward. When the modern state of Israel was founded, there was much debate over whether this symbol should be used on the Flag. Today, the Magen David is a universally recognized symbol of Jewry. It appears on the Flag of the state of Israel, and the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross is known as the Magen David Adom. The Flag of Israel (Hebrew: דגל ישראל Degel Yisrael, Arabic: علم إسرائيل \'Alam Isra\'īl) was adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after the country\'s establishment. It depicts a blue hexagram on a white background, between two horizontal blue stripes. The blue colour is mandated only as \"dark sky-blue\",[1] and varies from Flag to Flag, ranging from a hue of pure blue, sometimes shaded almost as dark as navy blue, to hues about 75% toward pure cyan and shades as light as very light blue.[2] The Flag was designed for the Zionist Movement in 1891. The basic design recalls the Ashkenazi Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The symbol in the centre represents the Magen David (\"Star of David\"), a Jewish symbol dating from late medieval Prague, which was adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897.[1] In 2007, an Israeli Flag measuring 660 m × 100 m (2,170 ft × 330 ft) and weighing 5.2 t (5.7 short tons) was unfurled near the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada, breaking the world record for the largest Flag. The blue stripes are intended to symbolize the stripes on a tallit, the traditional Jewish prayer shawl. The portrayal of a Star of David on the Flag of the State of Israel is a widely-acknowledged symbol of Judaism.The Israelites used a blue coloured dye called tekhelet; this dye may have been made from the marine snail Murex trunculus.[4] This dye was very important in both Jewish and non-Jewish cultures of this time, and was used by royalty and the upper class in dyeing their clothing, sheets, curtains, etc. (The dye from a related snail can be processed to form Tyrian purple called argaman.)In the Bible, the Israelites are commanded to have one of the threads of their tassels (tzitzit) dyed with tekhelet; \"so that they may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them (Num 15:39).\" Tekhelet corresponds to the colour of the divine revelation (Midrash Numbers Rabbah xv.). Sometime near the end of the Talmudic era (500-600 CE) the industry that produced this dye collapsed. It became more rare; over time, the Jewish community lost the tradition of which species of shellfish produced this dye. Since Jews were then unable to fulfil this commandment, they have since left their tzitzit (tallit strings) white. However, in remembrance of the commandment to use the tekhelet dye, it became common for Jews to have blue or purple stripes woven into the cloth of their tallit.[5] The idea that the blue and white colours were the national colour of the Jewish people was voiced early on by Ludwig August Frankl (1810–1894); an Austrian Jewish poet. In his poem, \"Judah\'s Colours\", he writes:When sublime feelings his heart fill, he is mantled in the colors of his country. He stands in prayer, wrapped in a sparkling robe of white.The hems of the white robe are crowned with broad stripes of blue; Like the robe of the High Priest, adorned with bands of blue threads.These are the colours of the beloved country, blue and white are the colours of Judah; White is the radiance of the priesthood, and blue, the splendors of the firmament.[6]In 1885, the agricultural village of Rishon LeZion used a blue and white Flag to mark its third anniversary. A blue and white Flag, with a Star of David and the Hebrew word \"Maccabee\", was used in 1891 by the Bnai Zion Educational Society. Jacob Baruch Askowith (1844–1908) and his son Charles Askowith designed the “Flag of Judah,” which was displayed on July 24, 1891, at the dedication of Zion Hall of the B’nai Zion Educational Society in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Based on the traditional tallit, or Jewish prayer shawl, that Flag was white with narrow blue stripes near the edges and bore in the center the ancient six-pointed Shield of David with the word “Maccabee” in gilt letters.David Wolffsohn (1856–1914), a businessman prominent in the early Zionist movement, was aware that the nascent Zionist movement had no official Flag, and that the design proposed by Theodor Herzl was gaining no significant support, wrote:At the behest of our leader Herzl, I came to Basle to make preparations for the Zionist Congress. Among many other problems that occupied me then was one that contained something of the essence of the Jewish problem. What Flag would we hang in the Congress Hall? Then an idea struck me. We have a Flag — and it is blue and white. The talith (prayer shawl) with which we wrap ourselves when we pray: that is our symbol. Let us take this Talith from its bag and unroll it before the eyes of Israel and the eyes of all nations. So I ordered a blue and white Flag with the Shield of David painted upon it. That is how the national Flag, that flew over Congress Hall, came into being.While this Flag emphasizes Jewish religious symbols, Theodor Herzl wanted the Flag to have more universal symbols: 7 golden stars symbolizing the 7-hour working quota of the enlightened state-to-be, which would have advanced socialist legislations.[7]In 1897, the First Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland, to consider establishing a homeland for Jews in Palestine. Morris Harris, a member of New York Hovevei Zion, used his awning shop to design a suitable banner and decorations for the reception, and his mother Lena Harris sewed the Flag. The Flag was made with two blue stripes and a large blue Star of David in the center, the colours blue and white chosen from the design of the tallit. The Flag was ten feet by six feet—in the same proportions as the Flag of the United States—and became known as the Flag of Zion. It was accepted as the official Zionist Flag at the Second Zionist Congress held in Switzerland in 1898, and the State of Israel later adopted the design as the official Flag, upon its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.A Flag with blue and white stripes and a Magen David in the center flew with those of other nationalities from one of the buildings at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904.[8] It flew there in relation to large meetings of Zionists. That expo was the World\'s Fair hosting the 1904 Summer Olympics.Interpretation of coloursReference in the Nuremberg LawsParagraph 4 in \"The Laws for the Protection of German blood and German Honour\", part of the infamous Nazi Nuremberg Laws of 1935, states that 1. \"Jews are forofferden to display the Reich and national Flag or the [German] national colours. 2. On the other hand, they are permitted to display the Jewish colours. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.\" Paragraph 5.3 described the penalty for infringing \"1\": up to one year\'s imprisonment plus fine, or one of these. The \"Jewish colours\" referred to in this article were blue and white.[18]Famous Israeli FlagsThe Israeli Flag that stayed flying throughout the siege of Fort Budapest during the Yom Kippur War, which is currently preserved in the Israeli Armored Corps memorial at Latrun. Fort Budapest was the only strongpoint along the vaunted Bar-Lev Line to remain in Israeli hands during the war.The \"Ink Flag\" of 1948, which was raised during the War of Independence near present-day Eilat. This homemade Flag\'s raising on a pole by several Israeli soldiers was immortalized in a photograph that has been compared with the famous photograph of the United States Flag being raised on the island of Iwo Jima in 1944. Like the latter photograph, the Ink Flag raising has also been reproduced as a memorial.The 2007 World Record Flag, which was unveiled at an airfield near the historic mountain fortress of Masada. The Flag, manufactured in the Philippines, measured 660 x 100 metres (2,165 x 330 feet) and weighed 5.2 metric tonnes, breaking the previous record, measured and verified by representatives for the Guinness Book of Records. It was made by Filipino entrepreneur and Evangelical Christian Grace Galindez-Gupana as a religious token and diplomatic gesture of support for Israel.