(The Conversation) — The Hanukkah story centers on rekindling the eternal light in the Temple, a symbol of God’s presence. Similarly, the Ner Tamid above the ark in synagogues is never ...

Those traditions rely heavily upon the synagogue. Though architecturally diverse, every temple includes an eternal light, an ark of the covenant, and very often a seven-branched candelabra known as a ...

The Torah introduces the ner tamid, the eternal light that was present in the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary. In every synagogue across the world, you will find a ner tamid—a light that ...

This menorah is to be a ner tamid, an eternal light—it should never go out. And so it is, to this very day, that every synagogue includes one, reminding us of our past, reminding us of our destiny.

It was later transferred to the permanent Temple in Jerusalem, and when that fell, Jews carried it wherever they went as the Eternal Light of the synagogue, making synagogues into guarantors of ...

Synagogue services can be led by a rabbi, ... The Eternal Light. An Eternal Light (called Ner Tamid) hangs above the Ark. This light is always burning, as a symbol of God's presence.

My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: ... This lamp, I learned from parents and teachers, was an eternal light – the literal meaning of the Hebrew term Ner Tamid.

(THE CONVERSATION) My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: the decorative electric lamp that hangs in every sanctuary, above the ark holding the Torah scrolls. This lamp, I ...

(THE CONVERSATION) My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: the decorative electric lamp that hangs in every sanctuary, above the ark holding the Torah scrolls. This lamp, I ...