Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 172:9

ואם תאמר לאורה אני צריך והלא כל ארבעים שנה שהלכו ישראל במדבר לא הלכו אלא לאורו אלא עדות הוא לכל באי עולם שהשכינה שורה בישראל

yet he kindled the others from it and ended with it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the morning the oil in the lamps had burnt out and the priest came in and cleaned out the lamps, removing the old wicks and putting in new wicks, and pouring oil into them ready for kindling in the evening. The western lamp (v. supra n. 2) . however, although it had no more oil than any of the other lamps, miraculously continued to burn the whole day long, so that when the lamps were to be kindled in the evening they were kindled from this one. The western lamp itself was then extinguished and cleaned out, a fresh wick put in, oil poured in, and then relit. Thus this lamp provided the fire for lighting the other lamps, and yet was the last to be cleaned out. This miracle testified to the Divine Presence in Israel.');">¹⁹</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>FROM WHENCE DID THEY BRING THE WINE?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the drink-offerings.');">²⁰</span> KERUHIM<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The place names enumerated in this Mishnah admit of many variants and the suggested identifications are doubtful. According to Neubauer, Geographie p. 82ff, Keruhim = Coreae (in north of Judah) , 'Attulim = Kefer Hatla (north of Gilgal) . Beth Rimmah and Laban = the present Beit Rima and Lubban (north-west of Jerusalem) , and Kefar Signa = Sukneh (near Jaffa) .');">²¹</span>

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