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Unsweeticetea t1_j0xy1nv wrote

That's a hanukiah (8+1 branches), not a menorah (7 branches).

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fortpro87 t1_j0ylstw wrote

Yea but nobody calls them hanukiah anymore

Source: Jewish, Jewish school, Jewish neighborhood

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Unsweeticetea t1_j0zp65s wrote

Also Jewish, Jewish school, around several Jewish communities, and I don't know anybody that calls it a menorah unless it's a song lyric.

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fortpro87 t1_j0zvdzr wrote

Interesting. What type (idk how to phrase that sorry) of Jewish are you

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Unsweeticetea t1_j0zvipl wrote

Ashkenazi, grew up in Los Angeles. Unless you were asking denomination, in which case, Reform, but most of those around me are Conservative.

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citytiger OP t1_j10bi5y wrote

I’m reform and I have always called it a menorah.

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