This Hanukkiyah is by Joan Stark, the artist who inspired me to try my own ASCII drawings.

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                               \/   \/
                               /\___/\
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Awe-inspiring scroll of the Book of Esther, read on Purim.

By Lev Lawrence, who has a site with other designs.
 
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|_____________|       | \|/ ,\'   | _|| | _|  / |_)    ,\' (_) _| ||/~~~
|=-=-=-=-=--=-|====================================================;
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      [_]                             \|