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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 19, 1986 Page 9 the menorah: "On it (the altar) Aaron shall hum fragrant inc ense; every mor ning when he tends the lamps he shall hum the inc ense, and when he lights the lamps between dusk and dark, he shall hum the in cense: so there shall he a perpet ual hunting of incense before the lord for all vour generations." (Exodus 30: 7-8) The moriah plant, shaped like the menorah. releases its fragrance in the heat of the day. Eight and fragrance, in nature, were brought together by the Creator, just as the lamps and scent of incense were brought together in the I emple. where the menorah was lit with "pure oil ol pounded olives.” When Jews the world over celebrate Manuka and light their nine-branched candelabras. we are doing more than commemo rating the Maccabees’ liberation ol Jerusalem. We are also recall ing the T emple menorah. linked with the salvia or moriah plants growing all over Israel, from Sinai to Mount Mention. Israel's national emblem the menorah with an olive branch on either side represents the return to our homeland and the hope of rebuilding it in the light ol peace. of Fame inducts athletes —Menorah- three branches from one side and three from the other exactly as described in Exodus. The leaves below each pair of branches are described in the Bible as designed like a kaftor. often translated as "calyx” or "knob.” The Temple menorah stood in the south of the Temple and represented the prayer for a suc cessful olive crop, the oil of w hich burned continually. It was a con stant light and also a symbol of vigilant prayer. The burning of fragrant incense was alw ays com bined with lighting the lamps of Jewish Hall NEW YORK (.1TA) Six Jewish athletes and sports offi cials will be inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Netanya, Israel early next year, it was announced by Joseph Siegman of Eos Angeles, chairman. They are: • The late Senda Berenson, the first director of physical educa tion (1892-1911) at Smith Col lege. Northhampton. Mass., and chairperson of the U.S. Women’s Basketball Committee from 1905-1917. She was one of the first three women inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Springfield. Mass. • Alain Calmat, the French Minister of Youth and Sports. Me was a world champion figure skater from 1963-65 and the European champion from 1962- 64. He placed second in the 1964 Olympics. He is a practicing sur geon and the only Jewish athlete ever to light the Olympic torch, opening the 1968 Winter Olym pics in Grenoble. France. • Sir Arthur Abraham Gold, a British highjumper who competed internationally in 1937. He served as coach and honorary secretary of the British Amateur Athletic Board from 1965-77 and later as president of the European Track and Field Association. • Boris Gurevich of the Soviet Union, a Greco-Roman wrestler who was a world champion in the flyweight division from 1953-55 and winner of an Olympic gold medal in 1952. • Walentin Mankin of the Soviet Union, the only yachts man to w in Olympic gold medals in three different classes of boats: Solo, 1968; Tempest, 1972; and Star, 1980. He took a silver medal in the Tempest class in the 1976 Olympics. • S/abados Miklos of Hun gary, whose 16 world table tennis championships included one sin gles title (1931), six doubles titles (1929-35) and three mixed dou bles titles (1931, 1934 and 1935). The six inductees, chosen by the International Selection Com mittee chaired by Haskell Cohen of Fort Tee, N.J., will join 83 others. A Time . A Mood A Place N. 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