{"product_id":"rack-it-mahjong-brilliant-nights-mahjong-tiles","title":"Rack It Mahjong Brilliant Nights Mahjong Tiles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Brilliant Nights Collection takes the symbols of the festival — the menorah, the\u003cbr\u003edreidel, the Star of David, the Lion of Judah, the olive branch — and weaves them\u003cbr\u003ethrough every tile in the set. Nothing sits on top as decoration. The story runs all the way\u003cbr\u003ethrough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT H E D E S I G N\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the tiles.\u003cbr\u003eEvery suit tells a piece of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB AM S Stars of David\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Magen David — the six-pointed Star of David, the most recognizable symbol\u003cbr\u003eof Jewish identity. Stars alternate blue and gold across the suit: night sky and\u003cbr\u003ecandle flame, the two halves of the festival.\u003cbr\u003eD O T S Branches of the olive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tree whose oil burned for eight nights, and the branch carried by the dove on\u003cbr\u003ethe One Dot. Tradition meets text: the bamboo of mahjong becomes the olive of\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem, and the One opens with the dove of peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eC R A C K S Dreidels \u0026amp; the 萬\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine dreidels for the spinning game played on Hanukkah nights — red lacquer with\u003cbr\u003ethe Hebrew numerals beside the traditional Chinese 萬 character. Past and\u003cbr\u003epresent, side by side on the same tile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW I N D S The four sides\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorth, East, West, South — the four sides of the dreidel, arranged in playing order\u003cbr\u003efrom highest to lowest: Gimel (take all), Hey (take half), Nun (nothing), Shin (put\u003cbr\u003eone in). The four directions of the table become the four outcomes of the spinning\u003cbr\u003etop, each on a field of stars.\u003cbr\u003eD R A G O N S Lion, bear, and Torah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree dragons, three figures of Hanukkah. The red dragon as the Lion of Judah\u003cbr\u003e— symbol of the tribe and of the Maccabees whose victory the festival\u003cbr\u003ecommemorates. The green dragon as the Hanukkah Bear — the beloved\u003cbr\u003echildren's-book guest who turns up at the door looking for latkes, stays for\u003cbr\u003edreidel, and leaves with a present. And the white dragon as the Torah scroll itself\u003cbr\u003e— the foundational text of Jewish tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eF L OW E R S Eight menorahs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEight menorahs for the eight nights of the festival — each one a different design,\u003cbr\u003eframed by the painted folk-art floral borders of the Jewish diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ O K E R S The hamsa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hand-shaped amulet of protection, ancient across the Jewish, Arab, and\u003cbr\u003eBerber worlds — sitting in the wildest position on the board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB R I L L I A N T N I G H T S\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight the candles.\u003cbr\u003eWe built Brilliant Nights for the customer who lights candles in their window every\u003cbr\u003eDecember. The one with menorahs from three generations on the same\u003cbr\u003esideboard. The one who teaches their grandkids the dreidel song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive them a set worth telling a story about.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildflower and Rose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43020115181645,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/1905\/9277\/files\/brilliantnights1.jpg?v=1779407534","url":"https:\/\/wildflowerandrose.net\/products\/rack-it-mahjong-brilliant-nights-mahjong-tiles","provider":"Wildflower and Rose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}