The Secret Origin of the Chanukiah

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25 Kislev 5775 – December 17, 2014

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A Menorah has 7 branches, but a Chanukiah has 9. How did that happen?

And who invented the name Chanukiah in the first place?

All these questions and more will be answered in this entertaining video (in Hebrew):

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