The use of a nine-branched menorah for Hanukkah probably didn’t begin until at least 250 years after the Maccabees’ triumph. Until then, Jewish menorahs had seven branches, like the one used i ...

likely got its start among German Jews and pays tribute to the seven-branched menorah that was always kept lit in the Temple in Jerusalem. In addition to what is believed to be an accurate ...

Menorahs, usually seven-branched, typically appear on capitals that adorned synagogues from the late Roman and Byzantine periods, such as the synagogue in Capernaum and in Caesarea. However ...

When the victorious rebels sought to light the Temple’s menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum, there was only enough oil to keep the candles burning for a single day. However, in what is ...

The word "menorah" actually refers to the candelabra with seven branches that was lit in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. The menorah lit by the Maccabees in the ancient Temple had seven branches ...

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 ...

Most significantly, the upper section, traditionally adorned with a floral motif, instead features what resembles an eight-branched menorah. This is particularly intriguing because seven-branched ...

When the victorious rebels sought to light the Temple’s menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum, there was only enough oil to keep the candles burning for a single day. However, in what is ...

“Mary McAleese always put a menorah in the window of Aras an Uachtarain ... “Around about Christmas time you will see six or seven branch candles as decoration, call them what you will ...

“Ethel Kessler saw a piece on my website I had made that was very similar, but that was a wall hanging that was very large, about eight feet wide, and it had a seven-branch menorah, the symbol ...