Ner Tamid

[Sephardic Hebrew ner tah-meed; Ashkenazic Hebrew nair taw-mid; English nair tah-mid]

noun Hebrew.

a lamp that is set above and in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue and is kept burning constantly.

Origin of Ner Tamid

nēr tāmīdh eternal light

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