Not just any oil was suitable for use in the Temple Menorah. The Torah stipulates that ... so that it will “raise up a constant flame” (Exodus 27:20). Why does the Torah use this unusual ...

BERLIN (JTA) — Icicles formed on Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal’s beard as he helped set up the towering menorah in the center of Berlin. It wasn’t just any menorah among the thousands that the ...

Lighting the menorah candles is one of the most common ... “It was biblically [mandated] in Exodus, with an elaborate description,” says Rabbi Norman Patz, the rabbi emeritus of Temple Sholom ...