Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

נרות מצווה. רעיונות ודגמים של יוצרים בני זמננו‬‎ Nerot Mitzvah. Contemporary Ideas for Light in Jewish Ritual
(132 words)

Curator

Amalya Zipkin.

Imprint

Jerusalem, Israel, 1985. 96 pp., illustrations: 32 col., 76 b&w, 22 × 23.5 cm. Hebrew and English.

ISBN

9652780448

Location

Israel Museum (22 September 1985–30 August 1986)

Description

A unique challenge presented by the Design Department to contemporary artists and designers world-wide: to design high quality objects using light that could be mass produced and sold to the public at reasonable prices. Introductory essays “Light in Jewish Tradition” (Adin Steinsaltz) and “Nerot Mitzvah—A Potential Electronic Midrash” (Moshe Dror). 102 entries.

main keywords

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS, CONTEMPORARY/MODERN
LAMPS
LIGHT IN JEWISH ART

minor keywords

Bedikat Chametz, candleholders
Bezalel Art School
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah candleholders
Jewish artists
Ner Tamid
Yahrzeit/Memorial lamps

Other venue

Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (29 March–12 June 1988) (expanded version)

Catalog from other venue

#933

Cite this page
“‮נרות מצווה. רעיונות ודגמים של יוצרים בני זמננו‬‎ Nerot Mitzvah. Contemporary Ideas for Light in Jewish Ritual”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 20 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0825>
First published online: 2019



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