Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah — a surprise given that the Roman Empire had tried to ...

"The menorah, incense shovel and lulav are symbols ... Chernin added that the oil lamp was "particularly surprising" because very little is known about Jews who lived in Jerusalem in the fourth ...

A rare, 4th-century CE ceramic oil lamp recently discovered during Israeli Antiquities Authorities excavations near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem will be displayed to the public for the first ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an incredible ceramic oil lamp from the Late Roman period. Although this isn’t a genie-containing situation, it is decorated with depictions of the Temple menorah ...

IAA archaeologist Benjamin Storchan said the lamp was “the ‘Beit Nattif’ type, named after a production workshop identified in the 1930s near Bet Shemesh.” “Oil lamps with menorah ...

Free public menorah lightings are scheduled for ... Maccabee and his soldiers wanted to light the temple's ceremonial lamp with ritually pure olive oil as part of their rededication but found ...

a type of lamp that is the most widely recognized symbol of Hanukkah. Families gather around the menorah to commemorate the "miracle of the oil" by lighting a candle on the menorah at sundown each ...

According to the Talmud, Chanukah celebrates the miracle of that oil lasting ... the Chanukah menorah is nuanced: “Our rabbis taught: it is incumbent to place the Chanukah lamp by the door ...

According to Jewish tradition, Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of oil that burned ... reach the large menorah and light the candles, which were each protected by a hurricane lamp.

Light is a main theme of the eight-day festival because, Jewish tradition says, the Maccabees found only enough ritually pure oil to fuel the temple’s ceremonial lamp, The Menorah, for one day ...