The candles we light on Hanukkah symbolize the ... Until then, Jewish menorahs had seven branches, like the one used in the Holy Temple. “It was biblically [mandated] in Exodus, with an elaborat ...

During the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night the priest or deacon carries the candle in procession into the dark church. A new fire, symbolizing our eternal life in Christ, is kindled which ...