And that first Menorah seems modeled upon Moses, Aaron and Hur. God tells Moses: You shall make a lampstand of pure gold; its base and its shaft, its cups, ornamental flowers, and petals shall be ...

Sharon Moses holds the first menorah she acquired in her collection. It was found in a Dayton, Ohio, thrift store in 1967. (DAN PELLE/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Buy a print of this photo ...

This was the form of the menorah: hammered work of gold, from its base to its flower it was hammered work; according to the form that the Lord had shown Moses, so did he construct the menorah. I ...

The third symbol is the menorah, but only the eight-branched Chanukah menorah. The seven-branched temple menorah predates this, deriving, according to the story, from Moses.

In 70 CE, at the end of a lengthy siege, Roman soldiers stormed the city of Jerusalem, looting and burning as they went. Despite possible efforts of then-general, later-emperor, Titus, to spare ...