The great golden candelabra erected in the Ezrat Nashim for Simchat Beit HaShoeva. Each bears four golden cups (sefalim) at its top and four ladders by which one climbs to pour in the oil. They rise far above the walls of the Ezrat Nashim.
Dimensions
- fifty amot high
- four golden cups (sefalim) at the top of each
- four ladders for each
- in the Ezrat Nashim
Sources
- Sukkah 5:2-3“מְנוֹרוֹת שֶׁל זָהָב הָיוּ שָׁם, וְאַרְבָּעָה סְפָלִים שֶׁל זָהָב בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶן, וְאַרְבָּעָה סֻלָּמוֹת לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד”
- Sukkah 52b
Project decisionTour's choice: the Mishna speaks of “candelabra” without giving their number; the tour raises four. They belong to the festival of Sukkot: the tour leaves them standing all year, unlit, and lights them only on the night of Simchat Beit HaShoeva.