TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP ] that a blessing was

] that a blessing was introduced based on the blessing over the Chanukah menorah

which can be damaged by handling

who mentions putting tears into a bottle

' with the Star of Bethlehem shining overhead

TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP ] that a blessing wasBayt Nattif stood on the much traveled ancient road connecting Eleutheropolis (Beit Guvrin) with Jerusalem, about midway between the two towns. The city had been assigned the status of toparchy, one of eleven toparchies or prefectures in Judaea given certain administrative responsibilities, known in classical sources by the name Betholetepha. According to Josephus, the city was sacked under Vespasian and Titus, during the first Jewish uprising against