Menorah- A Festival of Eight Days

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Chanukah is a festival with duration of eight days.- It was placed alongside the southern wall of the
It begins on the twenty-fifth day of the month ofshrine, opposite the 'shulchan', the bench which
Kislev. It is celebrates to rejoice the victory ofheld the12 show-breads.
the Jews against religious oppression and Greek- Extra pure olive oil was used in the cups - not
persecution. In addition to being successful incrushed, gently pressed and just the first
battle, one more wonder happened. When theemerging drops were believed to be pure
Maccabees arrive to rededicate the shrine, theysufficiently to be used in Menorah.
discover only solitary container of oil with which toThe every day lighting and maintenance of the
light the Menorah. This little container lasted formenorah was a job allocated to the priests
next eight days. One story of the motive for(Kohanim). Amusingly, though only the priests
lighting the Chanukah Menorahs, every day forwere allowed to organize the menorah, there
eight days, is in festivity for this wonder, butwere no limitations as to who could glow it. The
there are numerous replies presented to resolvesite of the unique and original menorah is
the discussion and the questions surrounding theseunidentified today but the representation lives
replies.on.  Menorah is the national emblem of the State
Here are some facts that are related to theof Israel, sided by two olive branches.
menorah:The customary lighting has developed into a
- Menorah is made out of a single block pure goldfestivity of the amazing triumph of the Jews
with no adulteration in the gold.against religious and persecution oppression, by
-  It weight is just around 150 pounds and isthe Greeks, as well as a celebration of a miracle.
approximately 5 feet tall.People take it as a festival of love and fun. All
- it’s structure includes seven branches; afamily members gather to celebrate this festival.
center stem and three sub stem extend fromThough it’s not a long holidays but still
each sidechildren enjoy it a lot. Menorah is the main
- according to Rashi and Maimonides, the side-attraction of this festival. Hope you all will enjoy
stem extended from the center stem in acelebrating this festival.
diagonal line, not in circular arc as most of the art