Both the menorah and the Temple’s showbread table, held to be a stand-in for the Ark of the Covenant, were “thought to be stored in the papal chapel, the Sanctum Sanctorum (‘Holy of Holies ...

When Sheila Dressner first walked through the doors to Temple Menorah-Keneseth Chai in Northeast Philadelphia in 1980, she was in the process of finding a synagogue for her and her family to join. On ...

The menorah has seven branches, symbolizing those used only in the Second Temple, a holy place for Jews in Jerusalem that the Romans had destroyed in A.D. 70. By the time this oil lamp was crafted ...

Not just any oil was suitable for use in the Temple Menorah. The Torah stipulates that the oil be particularly refined, made from hand-crushed olives, so that it will “raise up a constant flame ...

To rededicate the Temple, they needed to burn oil in a candelabra, known in Hebrew as a menorah. They found a tiny amount of oil—enough for just one night, but miraculously, it burned for eight ...

The exhibition, which took 3 1/2 years to organize, includes some 130 paintings, illustrations and other depictions of menorahs from around the world. (JTA) — An unprecedented exhibit centered ...

which would have had its members gathering at the temple for the lighting of the menorah nightly for the next week, has gone online this holiday season. On Thursday’s first night of celebration ...

Afterwards, a rabbi presented Zelensky with a large menorah emblazoned with an image of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. Holding it, he noted that the menorah used in the official lighting had ...

The word Hanukkah actually means dedication. Within the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was a menorah, a candelabra with seven branches. It’s one of the oldest and most important symbols in Judaism.

But the Jews rebelled against the king and re-dedicated the temple, which means they made it holy for God again. A seven branched candlestick called a menorah was supposed to be lit at all times ...