🕎 Menorah with Nine Branches

A menorah showing nine lit candles, used on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

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Also known as: Candelabrum, Candles, Chanukiah, Menorah

Unicode: U+1F54E

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The Hanukkah menorah or chanukiah is, strictly speaking, a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, as opposed to the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient Temple or as a symbol.
A candelabrum with seven branches, a traditional symbol of Judaism
A nine-branched candelabrum used on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, commemorating the above
A nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah
(Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation
A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
Nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah
A candle holder.
Branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights
A candelabrum, sometimes called a candle tree, is a candlestick holder with multiple arms.
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BCE.
The Jewish festival.