The Hanukkah menorah, also chanukiah or hanukiah, (Hebrew:מנורת חנוכה‎ menorat ḥanukkah, pl. menorot) (also Hebrew:חַנֻכִּיָּה‎ ḥanukkiyah, or chanukkiyah, pl. ḥanukkiyot/chanukkiyot, or Yiddish: חנוכּה לאמפּ khanike lomp, lit.: Hanukkah lamp) is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, as opposed to the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient Temple or as a symbol.