On Hanukkah 1932, just one month before Hitler came to power, Rachel Posner, wife of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner, took this photo of the family Hanukkah menorah from the window ledge of the family home looking out on to the building across the road decorated with Nazi flags.
One thing people looking at this may not know is that in Jewish tradition you’re supposed to put the menorah in the window for everyone to see. The term for it is pirsume nisa- publicizing the miracle. I’m sure that was meaningful for the family taking the photo.
discodropper on December 23rd, 2019 at 16:01 UTC »
Link to the story
Edit: thanks to u/Excelius for posting a link to a more in-depth discussion of the story from the New York Times
Husbandaru on December 23rd, 2019 at 18:47 UTC »
Not even a hundred years ago.
honbadger on December 23rd, 2019 at 19:16 UTC »
One thing people looking at this may not know is that in Jewish tradition you’re supposed to put the menorah in the window for everyone to see. The term for it is pirsume nisa- publicizing the miracle. I’m sure that was meaningful for the family taking the photo.