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Brass Chanukah Menorah
Poland, 19th Century
Lent by The Temple Museum
"Blessed art Thou... Who has wrought
miracles for our fathers in those days,
and at this season"
Chanukah, or the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day
celebration to commemorate the victory of the weak over
the tyrant. An eight branched candelabra is lit after
sundown; one candle on the first night, two candles on the
second night, and so on until the menorah is
ablaze with light. The branches of the menorah are always
on the same level with the ninth candle, the Shammash, or
servant candle, used to light the other candles. |
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