When a rag tag group of Jews overcame oppression by an occupying force, they rededicated their temple by lighting the menorah. They found enough oil to light one candle. Then a miracle happened.
Last year, the movement said, Chabad rabbis organized more than 15,000 public candle-lightings. Afterwards, a rabbi presented Zelensky with a large menorah emblazoned with an image of the ancient ...
The crowd cheered and clapped as the flames finally caught on the shamash and two other candles. The menorah features eight candles — one for each day of the holiday — and a ninth known as the ...
The menorah is a symbol of the temple lampstand. Traditionally, the menorah candles are lit after dark. Rabbi Meir Rubashkin, of the Chabad of Oneonta and Rohr Jewish Student Center, highlighted ...