The Rise Of The Menorah Bong, And How Hanukkah Became A ‘High’ Holiday

The menorah bong is having a moment.

By now, you may have seen the year-old YouTube video of a bearded guy in a blazer lighting all eight bowls of the Grav Menorah — a cross between a glass bong and a traditional hanukiah — and taking one massive toke.

But the religiously inspired cannabis consumption device, which retails for, yes, $699 at 420Science.com, was not originally intended for sale. In fact, David Daily, the 35-year-old glass blower and businessman behindGrav Labs — the scientific glass company he founded a decade ago in Austin, Texas — made the menorah bong a few years back for the sole enjoyment of his family.

“We like to partake in the holidays, and I thought it would be a really cool actual menorah,” said Daily, who grew up in a Conservative Jewish family in Houston.

Daily’s friends over at the online headshop 420Science knew...

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