Liturgy for Sukkah 5:3

מִבְּלָאֵי מִכְנְסֵי כֹהֲנִים וּמֵהֶמְיָנֵיהֶן מֵהֶן הָיוּ מַפְקִיעִין, וּבָהֶן הָיוּ מַדְלִיקִין, וְלֹא הָיְתָה חָצֵר בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְאִירָה מֵאוֹר בֵּית הַשּׁוֹאֵבָה:

They would take strips from the worn-out breeches and belts of the priests and use them as wicks. And there was no courtyard in Jerusalem that was not illuminated by the light of the Beth Hashoeva. [For the menorahs were fifty cubits high, and the Temple Mount was high, and the light shone in all the city.]

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