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Candelabrum

(menorah)

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The seven-branch candelabrum used in the Jerusalem Temple and now a symbol of Judaism.

Video

The meaning of the Menorah and the difference with Hannukiyah

Translations

  • Hebrewמנורה
  • GermanSiebenarmiger Leuchter
  • RussianСемисвечник
  • FrenchChandelier
  • DutchMenora
  • ItalianCandelabro
  • CzechSedmiramenný svícen
  • HungarianMenóra
  • SpanishCandelabro
  • GreekΕπτάφωτη λυχνία
  • PolishŚwiecznik
  • Arabicشمعدان
  • Yiddishמנורה
  • LadinoMenora

Bibliography

Berger, Ludwig. “Der Menora-Ring von Kaiseraugst. The Kaiseraugst Menorah Ring.” Jüdische Zeugnisse römischer Zeit zwischen Bitannien und Pannoniem. Jewish Evidence from the Roman Period in the Northern Provinces, Augst: Römerstadt Augusta Raurica, 2005.

Deppmeyer, Korana. “How the Menorah Traveled from Palestine to Europe over the Centuries.” Shared History Project, Leo Baeck Institute/Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland, 2021.

Fine, Steven. The Menorah: from Bible to Modern Israel. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016.

Gross, Raphael, et al., eds. Im Licht der Menora: Jüdisches Leben in der Römischen Provinz [In the Light of the Menorah: Jewish Life in the Roman Provinces], Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus Verlag, 2014.

Hachlili, Rachel. The Menorah, the Ancient Seven-armed Candelabrum: Origin, Form, Significance. Leiden: Brill, 2001.

Israeli, Yael, ed. In the Light of the Menorah: Story of a Symbol. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1998.

Leone, Francesco, ed. La Menorà: culto, storia e mito [The Menora, Cult, History and Myth]. Milan: Skira, 2017.

Raselli, Lilian. “Further Proof of Jewish Presence in Europe in the Late Roman Empire.” Shared History Project, Leo Baeck Institute/Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland, 2021.

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