The Gold Menorah

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22 Adar 5775 – March 13, 2015

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Photo Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90

This gold Menorah, recreated by the Machon HaMikdash and ready for use in the Temple.

It is currently located on the stairs leading down to the Kotel form the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem, for all to see.

The menorah weighs one-half ton. It contains forty five kilograms of twenty four karat gold. Its estimated value is approximately three million dollars.

For more information on how this Menorah was made, go to The Temple Institute.

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