On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

A ‘unique’ collection of ‘pearl caves’ containing archaeological artefacts has been found in an ancient tunnel. The pearls ...

Earlier in December, an unusual oil lamp with 1,700-year-old soot marks was found near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Israeli officials also announced that a 12-year-old Israeli girl discovered ...

The story goes that in 164 BCE, after reclaiming the Second Temple in Jerusalem from the Seleucid Empire, the Maccabees found there was only a small flask of pure olive oil with which they could ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah — a surprise given that the Roman Empire had tried to suppress the ...

(JNS) - A 1,700-year-old ceramic oil lamp, decorated with depictions of the Temple of Jerusalem's menorah, has been uncovered in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday. The ...

Hashem gave Jerusalem and all the Land of Israel to the ... Question: In the Gemara, the miracle of Hanukah is attributed to the flask of oil that lasted for eight days, while in the Shemona ...

This menorah is symbolic of the seven-branched oil lamp, which was in the Temple in Jerusalem (Exodus 25:31-40). The original Temple menorah was lit daily by a priest from fresh consecrated olive oil, ...

It's a tradition that for eight days, we light one more candle each day. Back then, in Jerusalem, a small oil lamp was found in the temple, and it burned for eight days. So, in remembrance of that ...

However, the only oil that was left would normally have only lasted ... “The lightning of the menorah, the lamp in the temple of Jerusalem, occurred during a period where we were threatened like we ...