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
  • An electric menorah will shine bright for eight nights straight.
    — Kate Bratskeir, CNN Underscored, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Open the drawer each night for a new treat and then light the menorah.
    — 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
  • Will their grudge glow brighter than a menorah, or will sparks fly this season of light?
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Two great rabbis had a dispute about how to light the menorah.
    — Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Watch it even if there’s not a menorah or Christmas tree in sight.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 17 Dec. 2021
  • There will be latkes, dreidels and a menorah lighting on the ice.
    — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Jews worldwide will light the first candle of their menorahs when dusk falls.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, the menorah will be at the tree lighting event, just not lit.
    — The Birmingham Times, al, 24 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Parts of the menorah were also pulled from the lake on Wednesday.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There was even conversation about whether or not to light the menorah for all to see.
    — Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The eight candles on the menorah represent each of the eight nights.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Beside the menorah, a small Israeli flag stuck out of a mug filled with pens.
    — Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The apron is printed with doves, menorahs, the Star of David, and more.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
  • On the first night of Hanukkah a rabbi reads from the Torah and lights the menorah.
    — Penny Schwartz, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • For Hanukkah, latkes recall the menorah’s oil lasting eight days.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The nine-candle menorah is used during Hanukkah.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
  • There are menorahs with seven candles and nine candles.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
  • 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 menorah board is basically a board with eight squares, and the candles are square tiles.
    — Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2012
  • For the third year Amazon will also give out trees and menorahs to any patient who wants one.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Even civilian contractors pitched in to make sure the menorah was built in time for Hanukkah.
    — Alex Keown, Naperville Sun, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Putting the menorah in the window is our expression of working to be a light among the nations.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At one point, Goldberg and his family took the menorah and buried it in the ghetto.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The man who was helping light the menorah for the third night of Hanukkah was hospitalized.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The candles are added from right to left, but lit from left to right on the menorah, thus always starting with the newest light.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Campbell said ships often have a menorah that is lit nightly during Hanukkah.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025

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