Re: menorah--

perky chick wrote:
> 
> Arjan Kenter (ken...@cs.utwente.nl) wrote:
> : In article <199...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) writes:
> : |> In article <60e9n5$cqc$2...@pandora.cs.utwente.nl>, ken...@cs.utwente.nl
> : |> (Arjan Kenter) writes:
> : |> >This is great, Joan! But isn't this a chanukiah?
> : |> >As far as I know, a menorah has seven arms.. but I may be
> : |> >mistaken.
> : Neither am I, The point is, the candlestick with eight arms and a sidekick
> : is used in chanukah (well, you knew that, obviously) but maybe it can
> : also be called a menorah, as a more general term. I didn't think of
> : this possibility when I wrote my follow-up. I hope my rantings don't
> : disturb you.. :-)
> ok, it reallly does not matter in this newsgroup what you call it. If you
> want to argue, go to soc.jew or something.
> anyhow, a menorah is just a candelabra. When you speak of a menora and you
> know any hebrew, you refer to the 7 branched thing used as the symbol for
> israel. If you had no knowledge of judiaism at all, you would refer to
> the chanukiah as a menorah.
>  --

For all of you out there that are not Jewish here are the facts...

There are 8 days to Chanukah.  This allows for the 4 candles on each
side of the Schamos, which is taller than the rest and the others are
lit from.

Each night, for all 8 nights, the candles are lit progressively.  The
first is lit on the first night.  The first and second on the second
night, and so on through all 8 nights, until all are lit.

It is only used at the time of Chanukah and as the candles are lit a
rememberance blessing is said.  It is a fun holidays for the children,
steeped in family tradition.

Sandra
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