menorah

Menorah: The menorah is described in the Bible as the seven-branched candelabrum made of gold and used in the portable sanctuary set up by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. The original menorah was made for the Tabernacle, and the Bible records it as being present until the Israelites crossed the Jordan river. When the Tabernacle is pitched in Shiloh, it assumed that the menorah was also present. Depiction of the Menorah on the Arch of Titus in Rome.

Two menorahs, flank the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The containing representation of the menorah, one of the precious objects looted from the second temple, kept the memory of the lost Jewish treasures alive. Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant.