My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: the decorative electric lamp that hangs in every sanctuary, ...

Explore the symbolism behind the Ner Tamid, the eternal light in the synagogue, and its significance during Hanukkah.

He ordered the Torah defiled with the blood of pigs and commanded “that the lamp, which they call undying and which burns continually in the temple, should be extinguished.” At the climax of the ...

Inside, according to tradition, they found pure lamp oil sufficient to rekindle the menorah for only one day ... Ideas about God’s saving power stand deep within the Hanukkah story.

Inside, according to tradition, they found pure lamp oil sufficient to rekindle the menorah for only one day ... Ideas about God’s saving power stand deep within the Hanukkah story.

The eight-day holiday, often known as the “Festival of Lights,” celebrates religious freedom and commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century BCE, after the ...