Jewish Scrolls
God is the worshipable deity in the Jewish religion. The words of God are living word of God, and the Jewish scrolls are revered as most holy. The greatest usage of scrolls today is within the Jewish religion, observed each week in Knesset (synagogue) and Bet Midrash (house of learning). Rolls of papyrus, parchment or paper with holy wrtings and drawings, unrolled from side to side, the holy Torah scrolls have fancy rollers for ceremonial function. Thus the words of God are preserved and celebrated. Book of Torah or Torah Scrolls is only opened during reading. Sefer Torah is always in upright position, bound by silky ties, kept covered when not in use by embroidered kippah, silver tas and keter. These ornaments are not objects of worship themselves but only used to beautify the scrolls, the living word of God.
Tree of Life
Important in nearly ever culture, Tree of Life has branches reaching to sky, roots deep in earth. Growing within three worlds, Tree of Life is a link between the worlds, above and below. She is the female fruit bearer and male phalic symbol, they are united.
For Jews and Christians, Tree is the center of all worlds, the Norse cosmic world Ash, Ygdrassil, has roots in underworld, branches in heavens. Egyptian Holy Sycamore was located right between life and death. The Mayas had Yaxche, branches in heaven.
The tree is a symbol of resurrection, as in spring, for Jesus, Attis and Osiris, originally crucified on trees. Modern Christmas tree recalls days of evergreens decorated in the name of crucified Greek Attis.
Trees give fruits and seeds, containing essence of life, self-reneration, immortality. In Jewish creation story fruit confers immortality, just as Taoist divine peach gives immortality. In Persia it was the fruit haoma, Norse apples of Idun, similar to Greek Gods reliance upon Ambrosia. The tree gives life. Buddha received enlightenment under a bodhi tree. Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the most recent avatar of of India was born underneath a neam tree. Norse God Odin received language, suspended upside down from World Ash in utter surrender, and even Judeo Christians relies upon Tree of heaven to water the earth with holy rivers coming down, kind of like Tooba Tree of Koran has roots that spring milk, honey and wine.
Tree of Life is guarded by fiery serpent angel Seraph, who bears a flaming sword. Perhaps God himself/herself is the Tree of Life, though roots grow here in the mortal realm, he extends across all boundaries into the spiritual heavens. Mayan serpent in the roots, or divine serpent Hindu Naga guards Hindu tree. Norse Ygdrassil gnaws the roots.
The Kabbalah tree's branches grow downward, similarly to the Hindu banyan tree that shows the reflected mirror image of earth to heaven. In Bhagavad Gita Krsna describes, “The banyan tree with its roots above, and it's branches below is imperishable. Jewish Kabbalah has inverted tree as nervous system, root in cranials, branches throughout body, as cosmic tree rooted in heaven branching into material creation.
Star of David
Biblical Magen Dawid, the six pointed star is symbol of Judaism, named after ancient King David of Israel. Earlier than that, hexagram Star of David was a common symbol in Middle Ages, alongside menorah. There has been a Star of Israel on the flag of Israel since 1948. Star is related state of Israel and also Zionist movement.
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