First, I’d like to assure my readers that both the beans and the menorah are kosher. Perhaps not for Passover, given how corny some of you may find it. O.k., I’ll stop. The truth is, as the “>menorah.
But all of these creations only happened within the past 10 years or so. Back in the day, when Chanukah had just started, the word “crazy” would never have been used to describe a menorah. Rather, menorahs of that time would have been described as “decorative,” “appropriate” and “dignified,” like these:
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