Lernhertz provided two references to medieval images where the menorah has the nine branches, as required for Hanukkah. One is a 1470 manuscript housed at the Israel ... between 7:00 AM and ...

The candle from the Mount of Olives may be material evidence, which perhaps opens a window to the possibility of a Jewish presence around Jerusalem ... menorah decoration appears, with seven ...

The name simply comes from the first words of Torah reading for the last day of Chanukah, from Numbers 7:84 ... Our Menorah is not complete. We are missing branches, upon branches of our ...

Out of the darkness of the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack in Israel, a Bergen county school is trying to create some light in the form of a new menorah to celebrate ...

has nine branches, eight of which represent the eight nights of Hanukkah. The candelabra also pays a tribute to the Menorah inside the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, which had seven branches.

Since the destruction of the Temple, a little more than two centuries later, we no longer have the Temple menorah. But the Hanukkah menorah, the hanukkiah, with its added branch remains.

Starting on Dec. 25 and going until Jan. 2, some Jewish people in West Michigan will be celebrating Hanukkah beside a 20-foot menorah ... Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. Jewish people light one ...