Menorah

Bondi Beach hero, Ahmed al-Ahmed, pauses recovery plans, meetings due to new severe pain

Ahmed had arrived in New York earlier in the week to pursue the next stage of what he described as his "treatment journey." During his stay, he had appeared on multiple US TV shows.

NEW SOUTH WALES Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed al Ahmed, who was identified on social media as the bystander who hid behind parked cars and seized a rifle from one of the gunmen during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.
Woman blows out candles of menorah in Tel Aviv mall.

Police investigate after woman goes viral for blowing out Hanukkah candles in Tel Aviv mall

Police have opened an investigation after footage circulated online showing a child riding a scooter and extinguishing candles on a hanukkiah at the entrance to a residential courtyard in Ramle, the police announced on Sunday.

Police open probes into candle extinguishing during Hanukkah

A Hanukkah menorah.

Terror down under: Why terrorists pick Jewish holidays for antisemitic attacks - opinion


Lighting Hanukkah candles with modern day Maccabees - opinion

Hanukkah’s miracle was not the oil alone, but the courage to light it. Today, a new generation keeps that flame alive.

 FRIENDS AND family say goodbye as soldiers enlist in the IDF at the Tel Hashomer induction center.

Sydney Opera House lit with menorah after deadly antisemitic attack

“Lighting the Opera House is a simple but powerful gesture: a message to the world that we cherish our Jewish community, that we honour their courage, and that we stand with them in solidarity."

The Hanukkah menorah is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Reopened Aleh care facility makes menorah as symbol of hope from Iranian missile fragments

As workers cleared the rubble from the missile strike, fragments were discovered and set aside. They were handed to Jerusalem artist Guy Cohen, who welded and shaped the metal into a menorah.

A MENORAH made from fragments of an Iranian missile that damaged the the Aleh Center for children with disabilities in Bnei Brak. The center reopened on Dec. 14, 2025.

Ancient lead menorah pendant sheds light on Jewish presence in Byzantine Jerusalem

Cast almost entirely of lead, the pendant is decorated on both sides with an identical image of a menorah framed within a circular border.

AN ANCIENT menorah pendant from the Byzantine period, found in Jerusalem.

Art and Torah: A molten menorah and the power of light from darkness

From Joseph’s darkest moments to Hanukkah’s rising flames, exploring how light is born from depth.

‘Molten Menorah,’ by Yoram Raanan, 100x80 cm., acrylic on canvas, 2025.

Unique 1,500-year-old column capital with eight-branched menorah to be unveiled in Jerusalem

Dr. Yuval Baruch calls the menorah-decorated capital unique evidence of Jewish settlement after Bar Kokhba revolt.

 Unique 1,500-year-old column capital with eight-branched menorah to be unveiled in Jerusalem.

Rare menorah capital found near Jerusalem to be unveiled on Independence Day

This stone capital is considered one-of-a-kind and has not been found anywhere else in the world, according to the IAA.

A rare capital, the only one of its kind in the world.

The Halachot of Post-Chanukah Practices


'Dome of light': Defense company Rafael unveils new menorah 

The hanukkiah, which is four meters tall and four meters long, was constructed by Rafael employees and is placed at the company’s David Institute in Kiryat.

Defense company Rafael unveils new menorah 

Hanukkah: The history of the menorah and hanukkiah seen in ancient manuscripts

The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in the 2nd century CE.

 ‘MISHNEH TORAH’ from 1470 contains a copy of a drawing by the Rambam of a menorah with straight branches.

Menorah made of missile fragments from Israel's enemies displayed at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square

The menorah is made up of fragments from Iranian ballistic missiles, drones from Yemen, and rockets from Lebanon.

A menorah made of missile fragments from Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis displayed in Hostages' Square on Saturday, December 28, 2024.