Re: menorah--
From Arjan Kenter <ken...@cs.utwente.nl>
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· 25 Sep 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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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? It has eight normal
|> >candleholders, and one extra (the shomer, or guardian) that can be detached
|> >to light the other ones (the first day one candle, the second day two, and
|> >so forth). As far as I know, a menorah has seven arms.. but I may be
|> >mistaken.
|>
|> Personally, I don't know as I am not Jewish... I looked at a diagram in my
|> handy dictionary and drew from the description. Can someone else help?
Neither am I, but I have read some books about Judaism and I seemed to
remember this. The books are at my parents' house so I cannot check it
rightaway. 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.. :-)
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