In fact, the second book of Maccabees (which is not in our Bible but was preserved by the ... joining together to make one big flame. But the menorah teaches us that it is better and enough ...

A menorah is a seven-branched candelabrum described in the Hebrew Bible and in later ancient sources as having been used in the tabernacle and the temple in Jerusalem. Since ancient times ...

In his book The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel, Prof. Steve Fine discusses examples of the seven-branched menorah, referring to one found in a Mishneh Torah from 1470, housed at the ...

While festival organizers are trying to say the menorah lighting wasn’t canceled ... that the Ten Commandments had been removed from the Bible.

Lighting the menorah in this order pays homage to how the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, is read: from right to left. As the shamash candle is used to light the branches each ...

Beth Jacob Synagogue in Norwich marked the last night of Hanukkah Thursday by having an outdoor lighting ceremony. A large menorah with lightbulbs was lit outside, but traditional menorahs were lit ...