Just as Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, begins this year, a Hanukkah menorah in Tel Aviv, Israel, has broken a Guinness record for largest menorah built of LEGO blocks.
Amnon Applbaum, a commercialand engineer who was appointed by the project as a measurement specialist, said,"I hereby declare that this menorah beats the current Guinness Record for the largest LEGO brick menorah, which was 4x4x0.3 meters. I measured it to be 4.5 meters high, which is 14.7 feet by 4.4 meters wide."
The holiday of Hanukkah is symbolized by the lighting of menorahs, the spinning of dreidels, the cooking of fried latkes and the exchanging of gifts.Jews in Israel and all over the world celebrate the eight nights of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, to commemorate the miracles performed amid the Maccabean revolt against Israel’s Greek king, who wished to limit their religious practices.
The Jewish holy text, the Talmud, says that Hanukkah recalls the miracle of a single vial of oil used to light the menorah found inside the desecrated temple thatYoav Gaon, CEO of Tor Group and LEGO Israel, said,"The LEGO values of creativity, imagination, learning, fun and quality were brought to life through the incredible event of creating the largest menorah from 130,000 LEGO bricks, as hundreds ofHe added,"The result was a menorah 4.5 meters in height and 4.
This menorah, built in Tel Aviv of LEGO blocks, "was assembled by children and families as part of a Hannukah LEGO festival." Over 130,000 blocks are in the structure. Shown above, Yitzy Kasowitz of Jbrick , with Yoav Gaon and Eran Tor of LEGO Store Israel.
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