a hanukkah lamp is a 9-branch candlestick that we light from left to right, every day one more like the shamash the ninth. it commemorates the victory of the Macchabees over the Syrian Seleucid army the victorious stiffs wanted to re-inaugurate the temple of Jerusalem but they only found a small vial supposed to last only 1 day but which miraculously lasted a week the festival of hanukkah festival of lights symbolizes the vicyory of light over darkness We have here a nice example of a Moroccan lamp early 20 em or maybe older