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 ...

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 ...

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 ...