Alongside the physical abuses that Jews suffered, the loss of the eternal light must have suggested that God’s presence no longer abided in the Temple or among the Jewish people. I can think of ...

The opening words of Parshat Tetzaveh are: “You shall further instruct the Israelites to bring you clear oil of beaten olives ...

It represents the Holy of Holies that was part of the first major temple built by King Solomon. Ner Tamid This means ‘eternal light’ and it is always lit in the synagogue. It represents the ...

This is the Ner Tamid or eternal light. It’s a light that never goes out, and it reminds us that God is always present. In Orthodox synagogues, women and men sit separately. In ours, they sit at ...

(JTA) — A portion of the stained glass that survived the 2021 arson of an Austin, Texas synagogue has been rebuilt into a three-dimensional eternal flame that will be installed in the social ...