The Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, is one of the religious objects most commonly found in the Jewish home. The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor ...

Jewish people around the world light Hanukkah candles to celebrate an ancient miracle ... rededicate the Temple, they needed to burn oil in a candelabra, known in Hebrew as a menorah.

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect the yearly tax paid by all Jewish men for temple maintenance.