What makes Hanukkah Menorahs kosher?
What makes a Hanukkah menorah kosher is the 8 candles in a row with the 9th candle set in the middle raised up a little bit from the other ones as the shamash (attendant) candle.
Most of the menorahs on the market are kosher. If you do not have a candle-holding menorah, an oil-holding menorah is just fine. What makes menorahs kosher is the shamash candle set raised above the others.
The oil menorah is preferred to the candle menorah simply because the miracle of Hanukkah transpired with olive oil that lasted 8 days. The candle or oil holders should be arranged in a straight line (as opposed to a semi-circle). The lights should also be level or at an even slant.
The eight candles should be in a straight line, while flames are a part from each other, while the Shamash (attendant) is set a bit higher than the rest. The menorah must be hightent from the ground, meaning the candle holders must not be settled on the ground, but a but higher. Hanukkah Menorahs are used for: Chanukkah menorah is used to lid the Channukah candles, while in each day we add another new candle (besides the Shamash which is lit during the entire Hannukah): The first day we lid only one candle, the second day we lid two candles, untill all eight candles are lit on the last day of Hannukah. What is the tradition behind Hanukkah Menorahs? Hannukah celebrates the re-occupation of the holy temple in Jerusalem after a brutal fight with the Greek empire. Upon winning the temple back, the temple Cohen found olive-oil enough only for one day, but in a miraculous way the menorah stay lit for eight days and therefore the eight candles symbolizing the eight days in which the temple m
