??Ask Mendel?? By Mendel Rapoport, Judaic Editor

Question: What happened to the menorah that was in the Kodesh?

Question submitted by Noah Hallerman, Second Grade

Answer: King Yosheahu hid all the holy objects in the Bais Hamikdash (which included the menorah) many years before the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash. He hid the objects in the Bais Hamikdash because he had a prophecy that the Bais Hamikdash would be destroyed and he didn’t want the holy objects being destroyed along with it.

You may ask, so what about the menorah that Titus took from the Bais Hamikdash? Isn’t that the holy menorah? The answer is that in those days there wasn’t electricity and so they used menorahs (candelabras) for light. So, the menorah Titus took was one of the menorahs that were there for light. Also the menorah that Titus shows in his arch was rounded, and we know that the menorah used in the Bais Hamikdosh was straight arms on an angle according to Rambam. **Do you have a question for Ask Mendel?? Please write it downd own and put it in Mrs. Wiemer’s mailbox or contact MendelMendel and he will do his best to answer it for you in his next column.**

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