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3 unusual facts about Menorah


Knesset Menorah

The Arch of Titus bears a relief depicting captives from the Kingdom of Judea en route to Rome bearing the treasures of the Second Temple after its destruction in 70 CE, including the Temple Menorah.

Menorah

Knesset Menorah, a bronze monument located at the edge of Gan Havradim (Rose Garden) in front of the Knesset.

Kfar HaOranim, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank also known as Menorah


A Long Way to Shiloh

A Long Way to Shiloh (known in the USA as The Menorah Men so as not to be thought a Civil War novel) is a thriller by Lionel Davidson.

Copper Scroll

A Long Way to Shiloh (known in the USA as The Menorah Men so as not to be thought a Civil War novel) is a thriller by Lionel Davidson, published in 1966, whose plot follows the finding and contents of a similar treasure scroll.

Gary Svee

Swastikas were painted on a Native American family's home, Ku Klux Klan flyers were openly distributed, the Billings Jewish cemetery was descrated and a brick was hurled through the window of a Jewish family whose six year old son put the family's Menorah in it for Hanukkah.

Scroll of Fire

In the scroll describing independence, threre are sculptured symbols of Israel, such as: Olive trees, a child holding a cluster of grapes, a man blowing a shofar near the Western Wall, the menorah as described in the Arch of Titus, an old character representing Elijah, people dancing Hora and flags flying near an angel blowing a trumpet.

Synagogue of Casale Monferrato

The Museum of Lights (‘Museo dei Lumi’) occupies an underground room formerly used for baking Matzot and houses a growing collection of Menorahs created by contemporary Jewish and non-Jewish artists including Elio Carmi, Emanuele Luzzati, Aldo Mondino, Marco Porta, Tobia Ravà, Antonio Recalcati and David Gerstein.

Tzvi Pesach Frank

Frank also ruled that one may not use an electric menorah on Hanukkah since the menorah must contain enough fuel at the time of lighting to burn for at least half an hour after nightfall.


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