Why is the star of david important
What is the Meaning of the Star of David?
today we're going to be giving a little
bit of history and insight into the Star
of David symbol it's known in Hebrew as
the mugging David which literally means
the shield of David the truth is that
the interlocking symmetrical triangle
was a common symbol in the east
in the ancient world the hexagram also
had was what was very common in Shinto
belief in Japan and an astrological
figure in Persia the history of the Star
of David itself nobody is really quite
sure where or were originated or how it
became like such a prominent
identifiable symbol with with Judaism
the earliest archaeological source is an
ancient synagogue in northern Israel
that dates to the sixth century BCE the
carving that's on the synagogue depicts
a victorious Babylonian king and a
defeated king of Judah with a six
pointed star above his head
other examples are from history there's
a 2000 year old Star of David carved on
a stone in a synagogue and pequin
there's a six-pointed star in the
ancient mosaic floor in Al and the far
shore a synagogue in Rosh Pina
in the Upper Galilee there is a coastal
city in southern Italy that has a Jewish
tombstone with the Star of David on it
that dates from the 3rd century some
take this idea of the shield of David
literally thinking that it was a symbol
that was on the shields of David's army
but V le Mellish appeared often off says
that there was actually a menorah on the
on the shields of David's army the
aquellas Yitzhak said that Psalm 67
which is written sometimes in the shape
of menorah you'll see in some sardick
prayer books this as well that that was
what was written on King David's shields
perhaps there is a connection between
the seven branches of the menorah and
the six points of the star with that
Center space as well could be a lie
the connection between those as well the
Talmud the guimard and gittin
says that King Solomon had a seal that
was used to control demons now although
the Talmud says that this seal was a
name of God
various oral traditions teach that it
was either a five or six pointed star
from these traditions come many amulets
that incorporate either a five-pointed
or a six pointed star to protect from
malevolent forces in ancient kabbalistic
texts like safer as Yale the book of the
angel Raphael
Amala it uses six six pointed star of
david' or other various stars in the in
the construction of amulets
unfortunately many occult groups
throughout the ages and until today use
these stars either the five pointed Seal
of Solomon or the six pointed shield of
David in their magic practices Judaism
is clearly opposed to to any of that so
again some people suggest that King
Solomon and his seal are the are the
source for the Star of David or for this
being a Jewish symbol it has little
support for there's a little support for
this theory but it is such an idea the
Samaritans have a tradition that a six
pointed star represents the six cities
of refuge the Samaritans were a group
that broke off from the early Hebrews
they have a tradition that the six
pointed star represents the six cities
of refuge it may be that the armor
during the Vark Akbar rebellion was
engraved with a Star of David after all
the word Bar Kochba means the son of the
star there's legends that the star was
on the battle gear of the Maccabees as
well you know as time continued the
symbol became more prevalent we see it
on the Leningrad codex which is the
oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew
Bible which which dates to around a
thousand seee in the 14th century there
were Hebrew Bibles from Spain that had
this Star of David
it printed on it in say frog Ville a
13th century cabbalistic work by Rabbi
David Ben Yehuda Hassan he was the first
one to unite this symbol of a
six-pointed star with the words Magan
dahveed the shield of David that
hexagram shaped star that we identify
with during the period during this
period throughout the Middle Ages it was
interchangeable five-point star six
pointed star and then eventually became
designated as time continued one the
five pointed star being the shield of
Solomon star of Solomon or the the sign
of Solomon seal of Solomon and the six
pointed shield of David in the 1400s the
Jews of Prague chose to display the
sixth pointed star on their communal
flag likewise this was done with the
Jews in Budapest in the 1600s the Jews
of Vienna incorporated it as their
communal seal as well and in the 1800s
the symbols spread to Jewish communities
throughout the world and what put it
over the top was when it was adopted as
a symbol of Zionism by the second
Zionist Congress in 1898 some of the
symbolism that has been associated with
it through various sources the edits a
Haemon till him says that there's an
allusion to Jewish kings using this
banner that's that the ancient Jewish
kings would use a banner that had a
similar symbol on it a six-pointed star
has an angel was in ancient times the
representation of royalty represented
royalty another idea that's brought up
about what's what the significance of
the shield of David the Star of David is
is that maybe a reminder of God's
dominion over the entire world in all
six directions up down right left
forward and back in Jewish mysticism in
juice Jewish mysticism the Mystics say
that the two triangles represent the
physical and the spiritual world like
almost as after two arrows one pointing
up one pointing down that's the myrrh
of the physical and spiritual as well as
the relationship between God and mankind
the tenth Spheeris the the 10 attributes
in which godliness is described as
expressing itself to the world
we're also represented many times and
Kabbalistic books through through the
the image of a six pointed star it's
interesting for take-it-or-leave-it just
an interesting fact that all of the
letters of the Hebrew alphabet can be
form using the lines of this star so
again the star of david' has a long
history of loose loose association with
judaism and as time progressed its
prominence as a Jewish symbol and only
as a Jewish symbol grew I believe that
the ambiguity of the star of David's
origin and the fact that we're not
really sure a hundred percent how it
became a part of Judaism is because why
but why the ambiguity because Torah has
always been the symbol of the Jewish
people
we need a banner or symbol or a flag or
all the other things that all the other
nations of the world have we have a
symbol Torah
torez what represents us many people
other faiths other nations whatever they
tend to need or desire something that
symbolizes them what they represent what
they need and have to craft either you
know some sort of symbol or imagery
choose haftorah
Torah is what we live on tour is what
beats through our vein but Beats makes
our heart beat what's it makes our our
blood flow so if a Jew really wants to
connect with the ultimate Jewish symbol
should embrace a little bit more Torah
