With regards to a bizarre backdrop on the stage of the International Convention of Chabad rabbis, I posted on social media: I was dismayed to see images depicted at the Kinus Hashluchim that resemble inverted Masonic icons, including the dubious "Square and Compass" and idolatrous obelisk. Not sure who is responsible for this bizarre error. Let us hope and pray that this lapse was merely a grave oversight and not deliberate.
A friend of mine (since passed on) was a Chassid hippie . He told me that the magen David was King David's astrological chart. In the old days, the charts were circular. with points at different points of the circle. Most circle charts figures in astrology, seem lopsided because we humans do not have equal talents or strengths in all areas. But King David had talents in all areas, poet, singer, warrior, etc. Thus his chart was an even hexagram, thus the 6-pointed star. Perhaps this astrological reference was too non-Jewish for the Chabad Rebbe.
Very informative, thank you, Rabbi Green. I had never thought much about symbols as icons.
A friend of mine (since passed on) was a Chassid hippie . He told me that the magen David was King David's astrological chart. In the old days, the charts were circular. with points at different points of the circle. Most circle charts figures in astrology, seem lopsided because we humans do not have equal talents or strengths in all areas. But King David had talents in all areas, poet, singer, warrior, etc. Thus his chart was an even hexagram, thus the 6-pointed star. Perhaps this astrological reference was too non-Jewish for the Chabad Rebbe.