How many candles on the menora & why that #?

Question

Has that # ever changed over time?

Answer 1

Normal Menorahs have 7 candles for each day of the week.
Hanukkah Menorahs have 9 because of the miracle when there was enough oil to last 8 days (the 9th candle is to light the rest of them).
I hope this helps. You can look up the rest of the story on the Internet.

Answer 2

A menorah has six branches and a shamash, and although it is a Jewish symbol, it is also used in other religions as well. It is common to see it along side Christmas trees and used in celebrations of other religions around the world.
The Chanukkiah (the Chanukkah menorah) has eight candles and a shamash with which to light them. Chanukkah is an eight day holiday for a few reasons. The traditional story is that a small jar of oil was found as the Temple was being cleaned after the Macabee war, and only enough oil was in it to light the Temple menorah for a day. However the oil lasted eight days, thus tradition made Chanukkah an eight day holiday, and the miracle of Chanukkah was the miracle of the oil. However, the real miracle of the holiday was the defeat of a huge army by the small group of Macabees (thus the four letters on the dreidle which stand for 'A Great Miracle Happened There' (or 'Here' if you're in Israel---those words are not about the oil). When the Temple was rededicated, the Jews celebrated the last holiday they missed, which was Sukkot. An 8 day holiday. Thus making Chanukkah an eight day holiday. It also took eight days to make olive oil from olives, reconfirming the number eight of the holiday. The traditional foods of the holiday are all fried in olive oil: Sufganiot- jelly filled donuts, latkes-potato pancakes and Livivot: sweet pancakes

Answer 3

There are some with 7, but mostly 9, Candles on the Menorah.

The candles represent the eight days the small supply of oil burned for during the time of the Passoverin the ancient days. The middle candle is used to light all the others.

Answer 4

The Menorah is also a symbol closely associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. According to the Talmud, after the desecration of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, there was only enough sealed (and therefore not desecrated by idolatry) consecrated olive oil left to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days which was enough time to get new oil as well as finish rebuilding the Temple. Many Menorahs have not seven, but nine candle holders. The four holders on either side are to represent the eight day celebration of the miracle of oil, while the one in the middle, called the Shamash, is used to light the others. While this type of menorah is technically called a Hanukiah, the "menorah of Hanukkah" is sometimes simply called a menorah.

The number of candles is 7 or 9.


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Answer 5

OK, so originally, the Hanukiah (yes, that is hebrew) had six candles, and it stood alight all the time in the Biet HaMikdosh, or the jew's temple. When the temple was destroyed by the Romans and Greek Syrians, they destroyed everything. Then the macabees finally stepped in and chased them away, the macabees were the jewish soldiers, but they were originally just priests, not warriors. When they rededicated the temple, there wasn't enough oil to light the Hanukiah for enough time to make more, but they put it in anyway, and it lasted for eight days. that was the miracle. Hanukah means dedication, that is where the 8 candles came from. there is also one candle that stands taller than the others, called the shemash, or helper candle. this is what you use to light the menorah, and it can be used to light anythiung else after that, as long as it gets put back in it's proper place everytime. On the first night of Hanukah we put one candle in the right-most place in the menorah, and we keep doing that for eight nights. we light form the left, lighting every new candle first.

Answer 6

T^here are 9 candles on the menorah and the number has not changed at all. One candle is higher than the rest and it is called the shamas in Hebrew or helper in English. This candle is used to light the other candles for the night going from right to leftThe 1st night you have 1 candle plus the shamas, the 2nd 2 , etc etc. The reason there are 8 candles is that after the Jewish victory of throwing the Greeks out of the holy temple and cleaning it up from the pagan idols etc there was only enough oil for the ner tamide which means everlasting light which is supposed to burn continually. However it burned for 8 days Hope this clarifies your question

Answer 7

there are 9 candle holders on a menorah. the 8 candles that go on either side of the middle are for the 8 continuous days that the small amount of oil left after a war burned for the jews in their temple. the middle candle, called the Shamas, is the lighting candle.
no, the number has never changed.

Answer 8

Menorah Candles

Answer 9

There are 9 candles. 8 normal ones and the 9th is known as the Shamash(its the one that lights the rest). There are supposed to be 8 candles because the fire lasted 8 days, w/ only a little oil, which made a miracle.

Answer 10

there are 9 candles on the menora
but one is the shamish,
the shamish is the one that lights all the other candles
and it doesn't count as a night and so there is 9 candles on the menora because there was some oil that t
hey thought would last for 1 night but it lasted for 8 nights.