I’m a pretty bad Jew, but a swell guy. I wanna get my hands on a menorah, anyone know how I can achieve such a feat? Neither Syrians nor confusing Chinese street signs will deter me … hope someone can help.
I am pretty certain I saw a menorah several days ago when I visited what I call the “Christmas store”. Behind Sogo at Zhongxiao-Fuxing, road parallel to Zhongxiao, there’s a Bossini store on a corner. Across the way from that Bossini is a store all decked out in Christmas decor. You have to hunt through the store and again, it’s mostly Christmas stuff, but I remember seeing the menorah and thinking how odd it looked in the middle of all the Santas and ornaments. If you don’t find it there, try walking down that street (heading east) and see if you can it at the other Christmas store.
A Jewish friend by the name of David Israel once invited me over for dinner on Hannukah, as he was far from family that year. He didn’t have a menorah, so he carved one from a potato, and put birthday cake candles in it. I thought that was pretty creative!
Good luck to the OP in his search. Sorry, I don’t know where you could find a menorah.
[quote=“Dragonbones”]A Jewish friend by the name of David Israel once invited me over for dinner on Hannukah, as he was far from family that year. He didn’t have a menorah, so he carved one from a potato, and put birthday cake candles in it. I thought that was pretty creative![/quote]Reminds me of my brother last Hallowe’en. He couldn’t find a pumpkin, so he did his best with a grapefruit!
I wouldn’t recommend a grapefruit menorah though. Could get messy.
Hi there,
I am a Jew that lives in Jong Li and am looking to find a Menorah to celebrate Chanukah. Does anyone know if I can find one anywhere?
Thanks so much and happy holidays to all.
Once upon a time, a Jewish friend of mine invited me to dinner at this time and couldn’t find a menorah either, so he carved one out of a potato and used birthday cake candles. It worked. 
I’m getting deja vu. Someone’s asked where to find a menorah, and Dragonbones has told his potato menorah story. I guess it’s time for me to retell my grapefruit jack-o-lantern story.
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Note to kosmo: this post of mine may not be entirely useless. The second post in the thread I linked to is a suggestion for a shop that may sell menorahs.
An English school I taught at many moons ago had one used as a piece of realia. Perhaps you could ask at a big kindergarten or school where they get theirs. I do notice you are in Zhongli and comparative religion may not be a big topic on the curriculum down there.
You don’t have do any special voodoo kind of stuff on them to make them proper menorahs, do you? I mean, they’re just candlesticks, right? I saw menorah-like candlesticks here in Ikea last year. Can’t remember exactly how many holders it had, but it was a bunch – maybe seven.
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Might completely be going out on a limb here, but I am wondering if anyone knows where I might be able to buy a menorah for Hanukkah in Taipei?
Sigh. Shall I tell the potato story again? 
I heard your friend David from Israel carved a menorah out of grapefruit with a potato. Then Lord Lucan saw it at a kindergarten. Is that true?
Yup, sump’n like that.
I got this cool candle holder with a curved base that connects those round standard candles (4cm diameter and 4.5 cm tall) they sell at Working House. It holds nine glass cups for candles. It is nice because the middle one is highest, with the others getting progressively shorter (which is fine, as long as it is a straight line, and not random heights). It is not silver, though, so not a Mikva item, I suppose. Not sure if Working House still sells this particular one.
Check out the sites listed on page one. Or get creative. Try Working House or Ikea… or a potato (but choose the nicest - and largest - potato you can afford).
I tried to mail order from a couple of places but the shipping was so astronomical it was meshugenah.
I’m going to cut up Coke cans or something, it works well enough for…well, you know…
Oh, I heard you can use a potato…
9 candle holders in total … I ended up MacGuyver-ing my own menorah.
Now I’m stateside, and all I want for Hannukah is some meat on a stick, my old scooter and a quick return to the Isle.
The same place in Dinhao that has Halloween and Christmas decorations also offfers Happy Hanukkah stuff, including menorahs and the other little multifaced thinghie…
Where???
I’m going to need all my potatoes for latkes…
Same place Braxtonhicks was talking about: Tunghua south road, section 1, alley 190. There are two places there to look for Happy Hannukah decorations.