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Menorah




Menorah


‎The name menorah originally referred to every candlestick, but now one means by it the seven-branched candelabrum that today even is an emblem of Israel. Whereas in the pre-exilic period the menorah was only a stand on which one put an oil lamp, became the seven-branched candlestick a symbol of Judaism in the postexilic period.
Exod 25:31–39; 27:20–21; Num 3:31; 8:2–4; 1 Kings 7:49; Zech 4:2; Heb 9:2

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