1 hour ago by technabob

I know, we’re more than a month away from Hanukkah, but when I saw these awesomely geeky LED Menorah kits today, I just had to give them a mention. Heck, if it were the middle of April, I’d probably still write about them. Our pals over at Evil Mad Science Labs have created these battery-operated “D ...

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3 days ago by Wendy

How many candle holders are on a menorah? Who lights them? Why? What does each represent? What is the shamash?

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3 days ago by haircombdiva

The British Museum has collected 250,000 UKP toward the 300,000 UKP it needs to purchase this early 18th Century Hanukah lamp. On loan, the museum has displayed it for over 70 years. In 1709, Elias Lindo married Rachel Lopes Ferreira. Elias commissioned this lamp from silversmith John Ruslen in 1709 ...

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4 days ago by dov

History gives one explanation behind the eight branches of the Hanukkah Menorah – Kabbalah gives another. In Kabbalah, the number seven represents perfection. That is because we see this number a lot in nature: G-D Created the world in seven days, the Menorah in the Holy Temple had seven branches, t ...

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4 days ago by admin

Joe sent me “R emarks from CBS Sunday Morning – Ben Stein” These remarks are printed at the end of this rant . Thanks Joe! The note Joe sent to me coincides with a a hotting-up issue in Italy about the Crucifix in schools – and in courtrooms. Teacher Franco Coppoli took down a Crucifix in his classr ...

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6 days ago by dov

In Judaism the Menorah is a very important symbol. The Tabernacle in the Desert as well as the Holy Temple had in it a large golden, seven-branched candelabrum. It represented the Burning Bush which Moses saw. During the holiday of Hanukkah, every Jewish home has a special Menorah with nine branches ...

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10 days ago by Allison Gilbert, MA, LMFT

When my son was little, we attended a co-op preschool down in Manhattan Beach where the sole curriculum was “conflict resolution”. As a result of this, none of their art centers contained any holiday references. The children never even came home with a Mother’s or Father’s Day card in case one of th ...

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11 days ago by Doug Lawrence

Ben Stein on Christmas: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are, Christmas tre ...

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11 days ago by Christina

How many candle holders are on a menorah? Who lights them? Why? What does each represent? What is the shamash?

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