Dec 11, 2009 – Lit candles in a menorah – Michele Westmorland / Getty Images

The Hanukkah  Menorah (Hebrew: מנורה menorah) (also Hebrew: חַנֻכִּיָּה‎ Hanukiah, or Chanukkiyah, pl. hanukiyot, or Yiddish: חנוכּה לאמפּ khanike lomp, Lit: Chanukah lamp) is, strictly speaking, an eight-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. The ninth holder, called the shamash (“helper or servant”), is for a candle used to light all other candles. It is among the most widely produced articles of Jewish ceremonial art.

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• Why does a menorah have nine candles?
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