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menorah|məˈnəʊrə, -ˈɔərə|
[Heb. mĕnōrāh sabbath or festival candelabrum.]
A holy candelabrum having seven branches used in the ancient temple in Jerusalem; also a candelabrum having any number of branches used in modern synagogues.
1888(title) Menorah monthly. 1936Jews in Palestine Campaign (Menorah Club) 41 A Club under the name of Menorah (seven branched candlestick)..was established. 1958B. Malamud Magic Barrel (1960) 128 Don't those peaks..look like a Menorah?.. Like a seven-branched candalabrum..? 1966L. Davidson Long Way to Shiloh ii. 31 The great seven-branched lamp, the Menorah, has been the symbol of Judaism for some thousands of years; of..Israel, for the past fifteen or so... Titus took the lamp when he destroyed the Temple in August of 70. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish 247 The Sabbath menorah has seven holders, to accommodate a candle for each day of the week. The Chanuka menorah has nine holders. 1973Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 16/5 The Mayor of Hackney..was presented with an Israeli-made menorah. 1973Country Life 20 Sept. 784/2 The symbol of the Menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum, was originally placed in the tabernacle in the Sinai Desert and in the First Temple in Jerusalem, and was carried away by Titus. Today the Menorah, framed by two olive branches, is the emblem of the modern state of Israel. |