Editing Temple menorah (section)

==== Hannukah menorah ====
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[[File:19th_century_Hanukkah_lamp_from_Austria-Hungary_-_Musée_d'Art_et_d'Histoire_du_Judaïsme.jpg|thumb|19th century Hanukkah menorah from [[Austria-Hungary]]. [[Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme]]]]
A nine-branched menorah is also a symbol closely associated with the Jewish holiday of [[Hanukkah]]. According to the [[Talmud]], after the [[Seleucid]] desecration of the Jewish [[Temple in Jerusalem]], there was only enough sealed (and therefore not desecrated) 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 make new pure oil.

The [[Babylonian Talmud|Talmud]] states that it is prohibited to use a seven-lamp menorah outside of the Temple.<ref>[[Menahot]] 28b</ref> A Hanukkah menorah therefore has eight main branches, plus the raised ninth lamp set apart as the ''shamash'' (servant) light which is used to kindle the other lights. The word ''shamash'' was not originally a "Hanukkah word" and only became associated with the holiday in the 16th century although it first appeared in the Mishnah (c. 200 C.E.) and Talmud (c. 500 C.E.).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=George |date=15 November 2018 |title=Jewish Word:Shamash |url=https://momentmag.com/jewish-word-shamash/ |website=Moment Magazine |language=en |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508165810/https://momentmag.com/jewish-word-shamash/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This type of menorah is called a ''hanukkiah'' in [[Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew|Modern Hebrew]].<ref name="Birnbaum366" />