Of course, if the Vatican actually had the ancient Jewish relics ... the re-creation in the exhibition. Both the menorah and the Temple’s showbread table, held to be a stand-in for the Ark ...

It was excavated from an ancient synagogue in the Galilee ... The exhibition explores the fate of the solid gold menorah from the Temple that was brought to Rome as a spoil of war when the Romans ...

Jewish people around the world light Hanukkah candles to celebrate an ancient miracle ... rededicate the Temple, they needed to burn oil in a candelabra, known in Hebrew as a menorah.

The candelabra also pays a tribute to the Menorah inside the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, which had seven branches. Hanukkah candles are lit from left-to-right; the number of candles that are lit ...

Afterwards, a rabbi presented Zelensky with a large menorah emblazoned with an image of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. Holding it, he noted that the menorah used in the official lighting had ...