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 ...

Of course, if the Vatican actually had the ancient Jewish relics ... the re-creation in the exhibition. Both the menorah and the Temple’s showbread table, held to be a stand-in for the Ark ...

It was excavated from an ancient synagogue in the Galilee in 2009 and is the oldest carving of a menorah to have been found in Israel. The exhibition explores the fate of the solid gold menorah ...

(JTA) — The remains of an ancient synagogue dating back as far as the ... Among the remains was a plaque with a menorah motif and an inscription in Hebrew and Greek stating that it was donated ...

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.

Members of the Jewish Community Synagogue in North Palm Beach, who commission an artist to mold a sculpture of a menorah in the sand every Hanukkah, say the vandalism won’t stop the tradition.

defeated a ruthless enemy that had overrun ancient Israel and prohibited the Jews from worshiping God freely. This year marks 50 years since the first menorah lighting which was lit at the Liberty ...