Hanukkiah

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Title

Hanukkiah

Subject

Austria, c. 1920

Description

A nine-branched candelabrum with eight candleholders and a shamash (a holder for the kindling candle) is used to light candles each night during the festival of Hanukkah. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabees' victory over Greek rulers in the 2nd century BCE.

Creator

Purchased by Temple Emanu-El's/Temple Sinai's Holocaust Remembrance Center

Files

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Citation

Purchased by Temple Emanu-El's/Temple Sinai's Holocaust Remembrance Center, “Hanukkiah ,” Drew University Library Special Collections, accessed May 18, 2024, http://omeka.drew.edu/items/show/1182.

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