Comments on: Menorah http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/menorah/ Exploring the meaning of cemetery symbols and other graveyard mysteries. For genealogy sleuths, taphophiles and goth kids. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Minelly http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/menorah/#comment-7510 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:25:50 +0000 http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/menorah/#comment-7510 Hi,
I know of a menorah on a gravestone in a christian cemetery at Torphican in West Lothian scotland- I can send a photo.

John

]]> By: Uri Ladell http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/menorah/#comment-54 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:08:33 +0000 http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/menorah/#comment-54 The Menorah, one of the utensils in The Holy Temple, is a Jewish symbol, preceding the Star of David. Found in archaeological finds of ancient synagogues, it was a symbol of the Temple which was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E. Jewish Law prohibits building a Menorah similar to that of the Temple hence Menorahs of 6 or 8 branches.

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