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Sunday 6 December 2015

Word of the Day: Menorah

 

Menorah


noun
\muh-NOR-uh\
 
Definition
: a candelabra with seven or nine lights that is used in Jewish worship
 
Examples
At sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Joshua's father helped him light the first candle on the menorah.

"Tens of thousands of people come out for the celebration, which includes the lighting of the state's largest menorah (an eighteen-foot steel stunner) and a performance by famed Jewish musician Avraham Fried." — Brooke Porter Katz, Atlanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2015

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