Synagogue lamp. [North Africa, Tunisia (?) / Jerusalem, first decades of 20th century]. Brass sheet, bent and sawn; small glass plaques in various textures and colors. Impressive lamp, in unique folk craftsmanship. General shape is of a star with eight points, with spaces for nine oil vessels (space for oil vessels is shaped as a cone pointed downwards). Zigzag decorations to the outer part. Four chains for suspension. Upper tier is arranged as a star with eight candle-holders. On the lower tier are eight glass panels with a space for a central oil vessel. Outer part is decorated with eight triangles with colorful glass, turning outwards. Max. width: 43 cm. Height: 19 cm. Overall good condition. Corrosion and damages to brass.

Shabbat lamp. India (Cochin?), early 20th century. Brass. A circular Shabbat lamp, with seven spaces for hanging small oil cups. The lamp is suspended with three rods, with loops at their ends that connect to hooks at the base of the lamp. “Until less than a hundred years ago, Cochin Jews still had the custom of celebrating the inauguration of the Shabbat by lighting stone lamps at the entrance to their homes. The synagogue beadle would go from house to house lighting the lamp with a torch kindled from the “Ner Tamid” that hung before the ark. Simultaneously women would kindle the Shabbat lamp. The lamp... was suspended from the ceiling and had seven oil cups around a metal ring”. Length: 67 cm., max. width: 35 cm. Good condition. Six glass cups. Literature: Orpa Slapak (editor), “The Jews of India – Bene-Israel, Cochin Jews, Baghdadi Jews”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1995, pp. 84-85.

Hanging Shabbat lamp. [Friesland district, Holland, 19th century]. Cast brass. Consists of four parts: large crown encompassing the central rod, decorated with lilies and buttons; central part with six removable ornaments shaped as branches with flowers turning upwards and six reflectors shaped as flowers turning downwards. Concave base with cut borders; oil reservoir with six long beams; hanging drip-bowl. Wired. Light sockets at tip of beams. The origin of this elaborate lamp is in Friesland, North Holland, on the border with Germany. In the middle of the 19th century about 2000 Jews lived in the area. Length: 69 cm., max. width: 42 cm.

Memorial lamp for the synagogue (Kas / Kas Des-s’il). Morocco, [early 20th century]. Dedication from 1907. Cut brass. Cut decoration with dense geometric and vegetal patterns. Dedication appears on three bands: “in honor of Rabbi Meir Ba’al Haness….”. Length: 30 cm., max. width 26 cm. No glass cup. Damages to attachment of chains to lamp.

Memorial lamp for the synagogue (Kas / Kas Des-s’il). Morocco, [early 20th century]. Brass. Hanger cast in the shape of a Hamsa. Glass cup for oil. Length: 100 cm., max. diameter: 22 cm. Good condition. See: Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983 (2nd edition), pp. 40-41, no. 44.