Five Branches

Question

What is the five branch menorah for?
Where does it come from?
What does it represent?

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    Although I have never actually seen one, they do exist! The five branches are based on the Kabbalistic concept of there being five different dimensions of the soul – which are called Nefesh, Neshamah, Chayah, Yechidah and Ruach in Hebrew. Each one of the five branches represents one of these five dimensions.

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