To: XEHRpa
Why does the article cite "seven candles" and the photo reveals nine candles? The Menorah that was commanded to be made in the Bible and which was lit in the Tabernacle and the Temple had seven branches.
A "Hanukkiah" (Chanukah menorah) has nine branches for the eight days of the holiday (and one candle used for lighting the others)
7 posted on
12/21/2005 7:19:41 PM PST by
Alouette
(Learned Mother of Zion)
To: Alouette
Thanks for the explanation... I was ready to write the story off as a pile of menorah.
8 posted on
12/21/2005 7:21:28 PM PST by
XEHRpa
To: Alouette
The Menorah that was commanded to be made in the Bible and which was lit in the Tabernacle and the Temple had seven branches....A "Hanukkiah" (Chanukah menorah) has nine branches for the eight days of the holiday (and one candle used for lighting the others) The author is a religion columnist and Professor of Religion. He mus know the difference, think it occured to him?
12 posted on
12/21/2005 7:34:25 PM PST by
SJackson
(There's no such thing as too late, that's why they invented death. Walter Matthau)
To: Alouette; XEHRpa
Thanks, I just learned something new today.
14 posted on
12/21/2005 9:28:07 PM PST by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: Alouette; SJackson
16 posted on
12/21/2005 9:50:33 PM PST by
familyop
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