How to Use menorah in a Sentence

menorah

noun
  • The menorah was smashed and its pieces strewn around the area.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • On the first night of Hanukkah a rabbi reads from the Torah and lights the menorah.
    Penny Schwartz, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The menorah first appeared on the mountain in the 1990s.
    Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 21 Dec. 2019
  • On the first night of Hanukkah, one candle on the far right of the menorah is lit.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The apron is printed with doves, menorahs, the Star of David, and more.
    Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
  • In a few days, the lights of the menorah will begin to glow for eight nights.
    Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Open the drawer each night for a new treat and then light the menorah.
    Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
  • At the heart of Hanukkah is the nightly menorah lighting.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Parts of the menorah were also pulled from the lake on Wednesday.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Rabbi Shneur Itzinger will lead the kindling of the 9-foot-tall menorah on the first night of Hanukkah.
    Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The eight candles on the menorah represent each of the eight nights.
    Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Chabad La Costa hosts a lighting of the menorah from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Instead, the menorah will be at the tree lighting event, just not lit.
    The Birmingham Times, al, 24 Nov. 2022
  • There will be latkes, dreidels and a menorah lighting on the ice.
    Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Watch it even if there’s not a menorah or Christmas tree in sight.
    Angela Watercutter, Wired, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Beside the menorah, a small Israeli flag stuck out of a mug filled with pens.
    Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Overall, the best menorah is the Via Maris Trace Chanukiah.
    Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Two great rabbis had a dispute about how to light the menorah.
    Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The tallest candle in the menorah, called the shamash, or servant, is the one from which all of the other candles are lit.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • According to the New York Times, a menorah in the window sparked the attack.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Here are 18 songs: Eight candles on each menorah plus two shamash to light them.
    Kosha Dillz, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Modern menorah tray First off, this isn’t a true menorah and is not meant to stand in for one.
    Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The man who was helping light the menorah for the third night of Hanukkah was hospitalized.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
  • There was even conversation about whether or not to light the menorah for all to see.
    Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • At one point, Goldberg and his family took the menorah and buried it in the ghetto.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2022
  • An electric menorah will shine bright for eight nights straight.
    Kate Bratskeir, CNN Underscored, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Even civilian contractors pitched in to make sure the menorah was built in time for Hanukkah.
    Alex Keown, Naperville Sun, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Following the end of the first quarter was the lighting of a giant Chanukah menorah.
    Adam Agostinelli, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • This time, Toledano will celebrate Hanukkah and light a menorah with the survivors.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2022
  • For years, stories circulated about pictures of the Dome of the Rock with a menorah or a Star of David above it.
    Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024

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