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 ...

The Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, is one of the religious objects most commonly found in the Jewish home. The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jewish people around the world light Hanukkah candles to celebrate an ancient miracle ... rededicate the Temple, they needed ...

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect the yearly tax paid by all Jewish men for temple maintenance.