From:    heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
To:      "Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Date:    Tue, 30 Dec 1997 01:07:27 +0000
Subject: More on the Chanukiah

To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
From:          pottersclay@mail.icnet.net (Randy Felton)
Subject:       Re: The 7 and 9 Branch Menorah

Dear Eddie,

Greetings in the name of Yeshua as we enter a new civil year. Eddie, you
might want to point out to the readers that since the destruction of the
Temple, there is no proper use for the Menorah (7 branches).  You will see
them and occasionally find them for sale, but they are decorations.  The
Chanukiah(9 branches)is still used as a celebration of Chanukah.   There is
also a distinctive pattern to be followed in the construction of the
Menorah.  The Chanukiah takes many varied forms including being lit by
electric lights which would not be allowed for the Menorah in the Temple.

Two different candlesticks for two different purposes.  Both teach about
the light of Messiah and His precepts.

Shalom, 

Randy Felton

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