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Hanukiah, Chănukkiyah
(Hebrew: חַנֻכִּיָּה) is a nine branched candelabra
lit during eight-day holiday of hanukkah. The name
that was common for this holy Jewish object outside
Israel was "The menorah of Hanukah" or just menorah.
The name "hanukiah" was given only in the end of the
19th century in Jerusalem by Eliezer Ben Yehuda, the
revivor of the Hebrew language.
Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Temple
after the successful Jewish revolt against the
Seleucid monarchy. According to the Talmud, the
victorious Jews found only enough ritually pure olive
oil to light the menorah for one day, but the supply
miraculously lasted eight days until a new supply
could be obtained. In celbration of this miricle
The hanukiah has eight branches for eight candles, and
another branch for the auxiliary candle, or shamash,
which guards against secular use of the other lights
and is also used to light them. The common reason for
the number of the candles is that they symbolize the
eight days of the miracle. Each night an additional
light is kindled - one on the first night, two on the
second night, and so on - until on the eighth night of
Hanukkah all eight lights, plus the shamash, are lit. |
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