Chanukah Menorah (Chanukiah)
8 December 2007My grandmother gave me this Chanukiah when I moved to California. Before she gave it to me, it sat in her china closet for longer than I was alive. She always told me it was for me, and she kept her word.
I don’t like to let religious items sit without use, so we lit it, the first year we had it. I’ve lit it most years since, except when we spent Chanukah in the trailer.
Note the oil vessel on the upper left, and the shammos (service lamp) that resembles the blowing wind, at the upper right. The eight daily lamps are sheep. The heads open to fill the vessels with oil. There is a little chain between the two library lions so the sheep don’t escape.
This was taken after Shabbat, beginning day 5 of Chanukah. This is our religion table. It includes the Chanukaiah, the candle Chanukiah that we lit the first few days of the holiday, Shabbat Candlesticks, a bunch of not-yet-used Yahrtseit Lights, a pile of benchers and siddurim (prayer books) as well as other stuff that we will eventually put away.
Note that a Menorah is a more general term for a candlabra. A Chanukah Menorah, is, in specific, a Chanukiah.
Happy Chanukah to all
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