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Height of the Original Menorah

Question

A friend of mine ,a retired engineer, ask the height of the menorah which stood in front of the original Temple in Jerusalem.

Answer

I believe it was 18 tephachim, or three amos, about 5 feet tall.

Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt
Dallas, TX