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To: NYer
That "menorah" you're showing is actually a chanukiyah. The menorah is 7-branched; the chanukiyah has 8 lights for the 8 days the lamps in the Temple miraculously burned and the (I think) "shomer" to light them from.
14 posted on 11/12/2003 7:25:39 AM PST by maryz
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To: maryz
Oopw - not "shomer" but maybe "shamash" (I think)!
15 posted on 11/12/2003 8:14:37 AM PST by maryz
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