By Ruth Ellen Gruber In Tablet Magazine, editor Alana Newhouse recently wrote about the variety of Hanukkah menorahs, the eight-branched (or nine, if you count the Shammas) candelabras lit for the Hanukkah holiday — one candle a night, with increasing candles until on the last night all eight are lit. Throughout the vagaries of [...]
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Hanukkah Menorahs — a different kind of candlestick
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