page_title: Menorah (Temple)
section_title: Modern Jewish use
hierarchical_section_title: Menorah (Temple) / Modern Jewish use
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Menora-Mahnmal des Staates Israel mit Ehrenkränzen, Gedenkstätte KZ Mauthausen 2004English: Menorah memorial of the State of Israel with memorial wreaths, KZ Mauthausen memorial, Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Austria
context_page_description: The menorah is described in the Bible as the seven-lamp ancient Hebrew lampstand made of pure gold and used in the portable sanctuary set up by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. Fresh olive oil of the purest quality was burned daily to light its lamps. The menorah has been a symbol of Judaism since ancient times and is the emblem on the coat of arms of the modern state of Israel.
context_section_description: Synagogues have a continually lit lamp or light in front of the Ark, where the Torah scroll is kept, called the ner tamid (eternal light). This lamp represents the continually lit ner Elohim of the menorah used in Temple times.
  In addition, many synagogues display either a Menorah or an artistic representation of a menorah.
  A menorah appears in the coat of arms of the State of Israel, based on the depiction of the menorah on the Arch of Titus.
  Sometimes when teaching learners of the Hebrew language, a chart shaped like the seven-lamp menorah is used to help students remember the role of the binyanim of the Hebrew verb.
caption: Menorah memorial of the State of Israel with memorial wreaths, KZ Mauthausen memorial, Austria
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