Star of David outside the Room of the Last Supper

On the wall of the first floor

at the entrance

Interestngly

it stands on two points

Mysterious Seal

Dear Reader

If you happen to know anything about this seal please send me a comment

(c) Ruben Frankenstein 2016

Here's an attempt by  SalvationJourney.com to understand this seal:

Hebrew tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. The actual name of God is Yehoshuah and He appeared in the flesh as Yeshuah / Jesus. It appears at the top of the image as you know. You have ten stars which could represent the ten lost tribes of Israel. You have a lion which is the tribe of Judah also had the keys to the temple and the lion is above the number X as in ten tribes.  The bird has the scales of justice and could represent judgement. Not sure about the number VII. Was there seven years of plagues? The sun image could be the spirit of God that was in the temple behind the veil where only the high priest could enter once a year. The internal image could represent the ark of the covenant. I could go on by everything is really a guess on my part. Another attempt by ANDREW NOBLE: This looks like a seal for a Kabbalistic occult society, possibly from the 17th through to 19th Centuries. Explore the works of Raymond Lully, Cornelis Aggripa and Eliphas Levi as the works of these authors will shed more light on the attributions of the seal. The design is based on the tenfold sephra of the tree of life. The lion holds the key to the tenfold structure and this is highlighted by the Roman numeral, X. Only the most persistent initiate can access the multifold knowledge encoded in the tree. Ten stars hang above the three pillars. The lion with key on the door of the Bank of England https://goo.gl/f9aD2e Seven stairs ascend to the 'heart center'. The dove holds the scales next to the Roman numeral VII. The initiate would need to be fully grounded and aware of their own nature to complete the ascent. Thoth holding the scales would be the equivalent Egyptian attribution. Seven has a long association with magic and time - http://www.betemunah.org/seven.html The Star of David in this attribution represents the human personality of man and three represents his spiritual nature.  The twelve squares represent the threefold dimensions of the four elements and the twelve houses of the zodiac. In numerology, 1+2=3.  The chain is called the abyss and seperates the archetypal world - one, the dynamic aspect of one being two and the creative world - three being the joining of the father and the mother in generative union. This is the abstract idea of the 'god force', This is the 'burning bush' encountered by Moses on the summit, 3 on top of seven. Four to nine represents the formative world where the intellectual image is built and finally, number ten is the material world. Above the centre pillar the name of God is embellished, YHVH in Hebrew. This knowledge is the 'true ark' carried out of Egypt by the Hebrews. For a full appreciation of this knowledge, search for and down The Book of Thoth by Alister Crowley. = 27/8/17 I just got this email in Hebrew and translated it for you: Shalom Zeev Thank you very much, the second response is coming a little closer but for the time being I received the opinion of an expert historian familiar with such questions Professor Falk Wiesenthal of the University of Düsseldorf identified the seal As the seal of the Masonic Order from the first half of the 19th century. All symbols are of Freemasonry. Temple of Solomon With the pillars of Yachin and Boaz symbolizes the plan of the divine order of the world. So does The High Priest's Afod Shield Attached are photographs of similar Masonic symbols For comparison With regards to peace Reuven Frankenstein University of Freiburg

Star of David on Floor Tiles

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

Paddle Boat Steamer 1866

Huge Star  of David on a Paddle Boat Steamer 

1866 

Albany, New York

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 Courtesy of Stephanie Comfort

(c) 

2012

Info needed about a JMPRESA VIVERI Token

JMPRESA VIVERI  Token

Photo by Luca 

(c)

Patrizia Di Monte from Italy  searches information about an old token with a six pointed star.

The face reports "JMPRESA VIVERI" surrounding the star of David, with a 5 pointed star on 6 o' clock, and on the other side a number "20".

This may be a token for food distribution from/to Hebrew community during second world war, in concentration camps. The strange thing is that in italian "IMPRESA VIVERI" is for "food business" but they use the "I" and not the "J" as first letter. There are some other token with "J" in place of "I" as the first capital letter, and they are mint in Germany. 

Star-of-David Object

A present I got from my friends Stephanie & Jim Comfort from

www.flickr.com/photos/9679871@N04/

El Al bottle

El Al bottle

Photographed by Hadi Orr (c) 2010

El Al bottle- Note

Photographed by Hadi Orr (c) 2010

Hadi Orr wrote to me:

These bottles were given out to first class passengers only on the airplane in the 50's. These bottles are very rare and some come in boxes which I had never seen before I purchased them.

El Al bottle opener from the 50th with Star of David

(C) Hadi Orr 2009

Star of David Cures Colds

Thanks to Jason Gordon from Pondside, Jamaica Plain

who sent me this add which was published in 1851

Berber Six pointed Stars

Six pointed Stars above mysterious marks carved on a Berber stone lamp bought recently by David Mimon while visiting the Sahara Desert, Morocco. If you can decipher this writing you are invited to write to Eli Eshed, who published an article about this lamp in his blog: "the universe of Eli Eshed". It seems to me that the Hebrew word on the right is "cancer".

elieshe@zahav.net.il

http://www.notes.co.il/eshed/60481.asp

Purity in Politics banner with Stars of David

This banner is hanging in the headquarters of the League of Women Voters in Washington DC

Copyright: Kathy P. Chiron 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

Yiddish Hebrew Dictionary

On the cover of the Yiddish Hebrew Dictionary by Israel Brechyahu printed in 1947 in Kassel, Germany for holocaust survivors in the American Zone we see Magen David above a swastika above the wreckage from the period of the holocaust, including burning parchments and a Menorah. Thanks to Dobush from Kfar Gaza who directed me to this picture.

Happy New Year Card 1919

Seven Herzl’s Stars of David along with two red Stars of David of Magen David Adom (on the right margins) on a Happy New Year Card sent in 23.9.1919 from the Hebrew Battalion [Gdud Ha’iveri] at Egypt.

Copyright: Oded Israeli 2008

Haifa Kindergarten Magen David 1955

-So cute!

An old black and white Hanukkah 1955 picture of Magen Davids in Margalit’s Kindergarten at Moriah 20, Haifa. There’s one on each paper hat (Israeli flag) and then there’s the central one which is made from six sticks and disappeared right after the photo opportunity. 

Copyright: I.R. 2008  

Magen David Made From Branches

Magen David Made From Branches appears on a hand made improvised gate erected in 1900 for a national celebration in Rehovot. I noticed that in these B &W photos from the beginning of the last century the stars of David are usually hand made while most of the current Jewish stars are industrial products made by designers.
Picture is courtesy of Dobush

Israel 1958 Postcard

Israel 1958 Postcard

Magen David as part of the IDF aircraft emblem appears on an 1958 nostalgic postcard issued to mark Ten years of Israeli Independence. A plane that arrives from the sea allows us to see Israel from above: a green small (before the settlements) and clean country.

Copyright: Uri Mayrav and Hadi Or 2008

Thanks to Dobush who referred me to this image

Friedman & sons

David’s Shield appears on an Israeli Wine Label of Friedman & sons from the beginning of the past century. Pay attention to the white on blue logo which contains the initials for S. F (Friedman) & S (sons).

Copyright: Uri Marav and Hadi Or 2008


Thanks to Dobush who referred me to this image.

Coffee Haggadah

Magen David on 1938 Hagadah 

Issued by General Foods Corporation to promote Maxwell Cofee sales

Copyright: Alfonzo 2008

Thanks to Dobush who referred me to this image