Menorah (Hanukkah)

The Hanukkah menorah (Hebrew: מנורה menorah) (also Hebrew: חַנֻכִּיָּה‎ hanukiah, or chanukkiyah, pl. hanukiyot/chanukkiyot, or Yiddish: חנוכּה לאמפּ khanike lomp, lit.: Hanukkah lamp) is, strictly speaking, a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, as opposed to the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient Temple or as a symbol. The ninth holder, called the shamash ("helper or servant"), is for a candle used to light all other candles. Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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The World's Largest Hanukkah Menorah

Lighting of the World's Largest Hanukkah Menorah. 32-foot-tall, two tons. The nightly lighting ceremonies is accompanied by folk dancing and sufganiyot (holiday jelly doughnuts). Grand Lighting Ceremony is Friday, December 11, 2009 at about 4PM. The celebration continues at the same time each night of Hanukkah. Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, Fifth Avenue at 59th Street. Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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Hanukkah Menorah Chabad Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan

Hanukkah Menorah Chabad Lubavitch. Hanukkah Menorah of ice sculpture in front of Chabad Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan at 509 5th Avenue, New York City, Rabbi Yehoshua Metzger, Co-director. Measuring about 5 by 5 feet, taken on December 23, 2008. Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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Hanukkah Menorah

Hanukkah Menorah, a special candelabrum, the Menorah lit for the Festival of Lights, an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Starting on the 25th day of Kislev of the Hebrew calendar, and may fall from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar.

One light on each night, progressing to eight on the final night. An extra light called a shamash (Hebrew: "guard" or "servant") is lit each night, and is given a distinct location, usually higher or lower than the others. The purpose of the extra light is to adhere to the prohibition, specified in the Talmud (Tracate Shabbat 21b–23a), against using the Hanukkah lights for anything other than publicizing and meditating on the Hanukkah story.

(The shamash is used to light the other lights.) As such, if one were to read from the lights – something prohibited – then it's not clear whether the light one's reading from was from the Hanukkah lights or the shamash light. So the shamash acts as a safeguard from accidental transgression.

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Festival of lights Hanukkah Menorah

Festival of lights. HANSCOM AFB, Mass. -- Members of the Hanscom Jewish community gather together to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah Dec. 5. Rabbi Abraham Morhaim lights the Hanscom menorah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt). High Resolution Image

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