To rededicate the Temple, they needed to burn oil in a candelabra, known in Hebrew as a menorah. They found a tiny amount of oil—enough for just one night, but miraculously, it burned for eight ...

A small amount of oil to light the menorah in the temple in Jerusalem, that should have lasted only one day, instead lasted for eight days. Today, Jews light one candle on the menorah each night ...

Within the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was a menorah, a candelabra with seven branches. It’s one of the oldest and most important symbols in Judaism. The story goes that, when looking for oil to ...

About 150 years before the Common Era, a seven-branched candelabrum -- menorah -- was kept lit in the Temple in Jerusalem as part of its daily services. Olive oil was used to light the menorah; ...

One might say that the menorah and the ketoret were temidin, while the lechem hapanim was only switched once a week, on Shabbat. However, although it was only switched once a week, the lechem hapanim ...

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.

A seven branched candlestick called a menorah was supposed to be lit at all times, but there was only enough oil to keep it burning for one day. Somehow, by a miracle, the lamp kept burning for ...

Every year in November or December, Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days and nights in a row. The festival begins on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month in the ...

This old Hanukkah saying best describes the message of the menorah, said Rabbi Elchonon Friedman of Bnai Emunoh Chabad in Greenfield. Those lights will illuminate the streets for the Jewish ...