Hanukkah Lamp, Lemberg (Lviv, Ukraine), 1867–72[1] from the collection of The Jewish Museum of New York A 14th century Hanukkah lamp, France - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme A Macedonian silver Hanukkah Menorah Hanukkah Menorah with David's star The Hanukkah menorah, also chanukiah or hanukkiah, (Hebrew: מנורת חנוכה‎‎ menorat ḥanukkah, pl. menorot) (also Hebrew: חַנֻכִּיָּה‎‎ ḥanukkiyah, or chanukkiyah, pl. ḥanukkiyot/chanukkiyot, or Yiddish: חנוכּה לאמפּ khanike lomp, lit.: Hanukkah lamp) is 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. On each night of Hanukkah a new branch is lit. The ninth holder, called the shamash ("helper" or "servant"), is for a candle used to light all other candles and/or to be used as an extra light. To be kosher the shamash must be offset on a higher or lower plane than the main eight candles or oil lamps, but there are differing opinions as to whether or not all the lights must be arranged in a straight line,[2][3] or if the channukiah can be arranged in a cu

5] The menorah is among the most widely produced articles of Jewish ceremonial art. The seven-branched menorah is a traditional symbol of Judaism, along with the Star of Da 6 The menorah is often displayed in public around Hanukkah time December. Elected officials often participate in publicly lighting the menorah. The Chabad-Lubavitch movement is well associated with public lighting ceremonies, which it has done since a directive from their last Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1987. In the book A Kosher Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Jewish," (Rutgers University Press, 2012), author Rabbi Joshua Plaut, Ph.D. details the history of public displays of the menorah across the United States, summarizes the courts cases associated with this issue, and explains how the Presidents of the United States came to embrace lighting the menorah during Hanukkah. Since 1979, the White House has been represented at the lighting of the National Menorah in celebration of Hanukkah, beginning with the attendance of President Jimmy Carter in the ceremony in Lafayette Pa

rk. Additionally, beginning with President Bill Clinton in 1993, a Hanukkah menorah is lit at the White House, and in 2001, President George W. Bush began the annual tradition of a White House Hanukkah Party in the White House residence, which includes a menorah candle lighting ceremony. In the United Kingdom, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom each year holds a menorah lighting at the official residence of the Speaker of the House of Commons, located in the Palace of Westminster. The menorah currently used was commissioned by the Rt. Hon. Michael J. Martin MP, then Speaker of the House of Commons.[7] Martin is a Roman Catholic; his successor, John Bercow, is coincidentally the first Jewish Speaker of the House of Commons. Two big menorahs are in New York City, each standing at 32 feet. One is at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, World's Largest Menorah[8] and the other is lit at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan near Central Park. A 4,000-pound structure, it is the work of Israeli artist Yaacov Ag

am. Because of the menorah's heights, Con Edison assists the lighting by using a crane to lift each person to the tocapiz shell chandelier neiman marcusp. In the United States, the public display of menorot and Christmas trees on public grounds has been the source of legal battlvisual comfort dexter chandelieres. Specifically, in the 1989 County of Allegheny v. ACLU case, the majority of the US Supreme Court ruled that the public display of menorot and Christmas trees did not violate the Establishment Clause because the two symbols were not endorsements of the Jewish or Christian faith, rather the two items are part of the same winter-holiday season, which, the court fchandeliers euroluxound, had attained a secular status in U.S. societ

y. English speakers most commonly call the lamp a "menorah" or "Hanukkah menorah." (The Hebrew word menorah simply means "lamp".) In Modern Hebrew the lamp is generally called a chanukkiyah, a term coined at the end of the nineteenth century by Hemda Ben-Yehuda, whose husband Eliezer Ben Yehuda was the leading force behind the revival of the Hebrew langu9] U.S. President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, receiving a Hanukkah Menorah as a gift from the Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion (center). To the right is Abba Eban, the Ambassador of Israel to the United States. Many museums have notable collections of Hanukkah menorot, including the Israel Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[10] and the Jewish Museum, which owns the Lindo lamp.[11] Outside of the Knesset, or Israeli parliament, there is a 5 meter high bronze menorah called the Knesset Menorah. There is also a collection in the small Jewish Museum in Rio de JaneThe Menorah - YHWH Himself designed it!

The menorah has been a symbol of Judaism since ancient times and is the emblem on the coat of arms of the modern state of Israel. It is described in the Bible as the seven-branched ancient "lampstand" made and used in the portable sanctuary set up by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. Fresh olive oil of the purest quality was burned daily to light its lamps. There are two different types of menorah: The seven-branched menorah for daily use is a replica of the one that was in the Temple. The 9 branched menorah (see bottom of this article) used during Hanukkah is called a Hanukkiah. Hannukah is not one of YHWH's commanded feasts but, rather, a tradition celebrating the remembrance of the victory of a small band of Jews over the occupying army of Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanes. The menorah, the only symbol our Creator designed Himself (all other "religious" symbols are man-made), is said to symbolize the burning bush as seen by Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3).

YHWH (Yahweh) commanded Moses to make a menorah that had one main "stem" and six branches (Exodus 25:31-40); and commanded it to be placed in the "holy place" of the Tabernacle and the Temple. Exodus 25:31 . . . "You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece" . . . Exodus 25:32 . . . "And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side." The Menorah with its seven branches is a perfect picture of the Seven Spirits of YHWH, as shown in the following scripture: Isaiah 11:2-3: "The Spirit of YHWH shall rest upon him, the Spirit of Chochmah (Wisdom) and Binah (Understanding), the Spirit of Atzah (Counsel) and Gevurah (Might), the Spirit of Da'at (Knowledge) and of the Yirah (Fear) of YHWH." The 7-branch menorah is made according to the commandment in Exodus 25:31-40.

It appears in the coat of arms of the State of Israel and, among other things, it symbolizes the creation in seven days, with the center light representing the Sabbath. It is also said to symbolize the burning bush as seen by Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3). Priests of old would light it every evening and clean it every morning. Jewish sages teach that this menorah was the vessel that YHWH used to blend the spiritual life that is to come with the physical life of this world. Ultimately, the purpose of the menorah was not to illuminate the temple but to spread its light throughout the world. It has always been a symbol of the nation of Israel and it is a physical reminder of the commandment in Isaiah 42:6 to be a light to the nations. According to the Jewish historian Josephus, the seven lamps of the golden menorah represented the seven classical planets in this order: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Josephus Antiquities Ch. 6 para. "It was made with its knops, and lilies, and pomegranates, and bowls (which ornaments amounted to seventy in all – interestingly, the number seventy is symbolic of the number prior to increase or representative of a multitude);

by which means the shaft elevated itself on high from a single base, and spread itself into as many branches as there are planets...It terminated in seven heads, in one row, all standing parallel to one another; and these branches carried seven lamps, one by one, in imitation of the numbers of the planets. The lamps looked to the east and to the south...." We can see a picture of the Menorah with its seven branches in Isaiah 11:2-3. The center of the menorah represents the Spirit of YHWH while the six other attributes are joined into the center pillar. These seven Spirits also signify perfection or completeness. The Fear of YHWH Elohim is a "Spirit" of YHWH; it is a vital spiritual quality for Life in Mashiyach. The Fear of YHWH is a personal guide; Hebrew yirah means fear, as in fear/awesome/terrifying contrary to Christian teaching that the Fear of YHWH is not really "fear" but love and respect. Isaiah 11:2-3: And the Spirit of YHWH shall rest upon him, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, the Spirit of Knowledge and of the Yirah (Fear) of YHWH;

And shall make him of quick understanding in the Yirah (Fear) of YHWH.... Many synagogues display either a Menorah or an artistic representation of a menorah, usually in a continually lit lamp or light in front of the Ark, where the Torah scroll is kept (called the ner tamid - eternal light). This lamp represents the continually lit ner Elohim of the menorah used in Temple times. The Hannukah menorah is different from the "daily" menorah.... As briefly mentioned above, during Hanukkah we use a 9-branch menorah called a "Hanukkiya". The tradition is that we are to set our hanukkiah in a window where everyone can see it; and for consecutive eight days at sunset, we light the chamash (servant candle which is in the center of the hanukkiah) and use it to light the other candles. In other words, on the first day we light the chamash with a match/lighter and then use it to light the first candle (beginning at the far right and working to the left as the days go by). On the first day we have the chamash and one candle lit.