Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah — a surprise given that the Roman Empire had tried to suppress the ...

A Hanukkah menorah, sometimes called a hanukkiah, has branches for nine candles—one for each night of the holiday, plus the shammash. According to Jewish law, the eight main branches must all be ...

Each night of Hanukkah, Jews light this hanukkiah, as a nine-branched menorah is called, beginning with one candle and adding a candle each night until the entire candelabra is ablaze. Ideas about ...

Del Norte and Curry counties don’t have a large Jewish Community but residents of both Brookings and Crescent City were on ...

The menorah is a candelabrum with nine branches, one for for each of the eight days of Hanukkah and the shamash, the ninth and centermost candle of the menorah used to light the other candles.

A block weighing several tons was carved out by a professional team and trucked over to the synagogue’s yard, where a sculptor quickly shaped it into the nine-branched menorah. But the ice was ...

One of the menorah’s branches was labeled “cross” while ... Although the table held an electric menorah with nine candles, the menorah in a photo placed on the table wasn’t the one used ...