Both the menorah and the Temple’s showbread table, held to be a stand-in for the Ark of the Covenant, were “thought to be stored in the papal chapel, the Sanctum Sanctorum (‘Holy of Holies ...

This stone capital is considered one-of-a-kind and has not been found anywhere else in the world, according to the IAA.

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 one-of-a-kind stone capital decorated with an eight-branched lamp over 1,500 years old, will be revealed to the public for ...

If so, what was a capital with a menorah decoration on it doing here ... were common throughout our region from the late Second Temple through Byzantine periods, the capital discovered at Motza ...

The Arch of Titus, standing as a monument to our suffering, depicts the Menorah carried off as plunder after the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE. Josephus records that Vespasian claimed these ...

With the tiny supply of ritually pure oil that they found in the temple, they lit the menorah, and it stayed lit for eight days. Central to the annual festival is the nightly menorah lighting.

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 word Hanukkah actually means dedication. 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.

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 ...