This rededication of the temple called for lighting the menorah, but the Jews found only enough oil to last one day. Miraculously, the oil lasted eight days, long enough to replenish their supply.

The menorah was built in the desert so the high priest Aaron could light it daily in the tabernacle (a portable sanctuary) and, later, in the temple. Some scholars believe that the branches ...

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 ...

An exhibit at Yeshiva University sheds light on the question ... the re-creation in the exhibition. Both the menorah and the Temple’s showbread table, held to be a stand-in for the Ark of ...

When Sheila Dressner first walked through the doors to Temple Menorah-Keneseth Chai in Northeast Philadelphia in 1980, she was in the process of finding a synagogue for her and her family to join. On ...

Within the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was a menorah ... The story goes that, when looking for oil to light the menorah, there was only enough to light it for one day. But then, a miracle happened ...

“I’m sure that as you say and as Hanukkah says, the light will definitely overcome the darkness,” Zelensky told the rabbis. Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, lit candles with ...

But the Jews rebelled against the king and re-dedicated the temple, which means they made it holy for God again. A seven branched candlestick called a menorah was supposed to be lit at all times ...

Not just any oil was suitable for use in the Temple Menorah. The Torah stipulates that ... and the requirement for easily lit wicks and oil contains an important lesson about the path to spiritual ...

which would have had its members gathering at the temple for the lighting of the menorah nightly for the next week, has gone online this holiday season. On Thursday’s first night of celebration ...