A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights...
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plug-in menorah or lamp. Most Jewish homes have a special candelabrum referred to as either a Hanukkah menorah (the traditional name, menorah being Hebrew...
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communities. The Hanukkah menorah, a nine-branched variant of the menorah, is closely associated with the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. The Hebrew Bible...
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Jerusalem, and synagogues Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiyah, a nine-lamp candelabrum used on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah Menorah (magazine), family magazine...
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Washington and the meaning of Hanukkah that has become part of American lore: For centuries, the lights of the Hanukkah menorah have inspired hope and courage...
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A public menorah is a large menorah displayed publicly during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. It is done to celebrate the holiday and publicize the miracle...
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The National Menorah is a large Hanukkah menorah located in the northeast quadrant of The Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was first...
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Israel issued commemorative coins for use as Hanukkah gelt. That year, the coin bore the image of the same menorah that appeared on Maccabean coins 2,000 years...
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Jewish ceremonial art (section Hanukkah items)
Hanukkah Menorahs of The Jewish Museum, Susan L. Braunstein, Jewish Museum, New York, 2004 Lighting the Way to Freedom: Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of...
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during Hanukkah. In her opinion, there is a direct relationship between the Jewish symbolic object and the Christian symbolic story, with the Hanukkah menorah...
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derogatory comments about Jews. Later that year he extinguished a Hanukkah menorah in the Sejm, leading to his exclusion from the session and punishment...
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35.2051°E / 31.7783; 35.2051 The Knesset Menorah (Hebrew: מנורת הכנסת Menorat HaKnesset) is a bronze menorah that is 4.30 meters high and 3.5 meters wide...
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Sanctuary lamp (section Hanukkah story)
new oil arrived. Today, Jewish celebrations of Hanukkah include the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah (Hanukkiyah), which has nine branches: including...
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Latke (category Hanukkah foods)
in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah. Latkes can be made with ingredients other than potatoes such as cheese...
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A Macedonian sterling silver Hanukkah menorah...
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During Carr's Iraq War service, he led U.S soldiers in lighting a Hanukkah menorah in Saddam Hussein's presidential palace. Carr's mother and stepfather...
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exception if "it will have the effect of preserving life." During a Hanukkah menorah lighting at Widener Library in 2023, Zarchi criticized Harvard's stance...
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to be on the cult classic sci-fi show Firefly, the story behind the Hanukkah menorah used by Vice President Kamala Harris, interviews with celebrated Jewish...
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Aaron Raskin (section Hanukkah menorah)
Post called her "Shul Girl Oprah." Every Hanukkah, Raskin oversees the placement of a giant 32-foot menorah in front of Brooklyn's Supreme Court building...
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holidays are Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah. Passover and Yom Kippur in addition to Rosh Hashannah and Hanukkah are recognized as an optional state level...
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religious aspects of Hanukkah, such as lighting the menorah and the story of the Maccabees, as well as the cultural aspects of Hanukkah, such as spinning...
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the presence of a handcrafted kinara, two holders were broken from a Hanukkah menorah which was then used to hold the seven candles. The following year,...
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Israeli PM Ben-Gurion (center) giving U.S. President Truman a Hanukkah menorah in 1951 when Eban (right) was Israel's ambassador to the U.S....
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services Shamash, a candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah Gerald Shamash, Baron Shamash (born 1947), British lawyer and Labour...
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בְּרָכוֹת לֵחֲנֻכָּה Berakhot Laḥanukka, Lit: Hanukkah blessings) that are sung for lighting the candles of the menorah. The third blessing (shehecheyanu) is...
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Google Books. "Comedian Sarah Silverman Supports Women of the Wall at Hanukkah Menorah Lighting". HuffPost. December 19, 2014. "MarksFriggin.com – Stern Show...
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special candelabra found in many Jewish homes is the Hanukiah, the Hanukkah menorah that holds eight candles plus an extra one for lighting the others...
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Miracle of the cruse of oil (category Hanukkah)
fasting are forbidden, Hallel is recited, and the Menorah is lit. While lighting the Menorah on Hanukkah was originally established solely to commemorate...
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the Polish Sejm when Bosak's party MP Grzegorz Braun extinguished a Hanukkah menorah with a fire extinguisher. The ambassador wrote that the "extreme right...
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describes his childhood home as having been decorated with both a Hanukkah menorah and a Christmas tree during the holidays. His grandparents kept a kosher...
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