many Jewish families are preparing to celebrate Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights (which begins this year on Wednesday, Dec. 25), with the lighting of the menorah. But lighting candles ...

Lighting the menorah candles is one of the most common Hanukkah traditions. Even if you don’t know much about the Jewish religion, you probably recognize the candelabras that appear in windows ...

That share was lower than the 83% of U.S. Christians who believe in life after death, as well as the 58% of Israeli Jews who ...

2019 3:41 p.m. “Sit by the candles and listen to the story that they tell.” This old Hanukkah saying best describes the message of the menorah, said Rabbi Elchonon Friedman of Bnai Emunoh ...

The menorah features eight candles — one for each day of the holiday ... where we can celebrate the Jewish holidays like Hanukkah. Tonight, we get to share our traditions with the broader ...

Within the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was a menorah, a candelabra with seven ... and it’s commemorated each year during Hanukkah. A ninth candle (placed in the centre of the hanukkiah) is used ...

In December 1979, Jimmy Carter made history as the first president to mark Hanukkah at the White House, lighting both the (electric) National Menorah in Lafayette Park and a smaller menorah in an ...

As Jews light a new candle on the menorah, they recount the ancient story of Hanukkah. Because the festival celebrates the miracle of oil, fried foods are popular during the festival, especially ...

Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights, joyously celebrated by Jewish families lighting one candle of the Menorah candelabrum for eight days. It is in remembrance of their small army of Maccabees who ...

As part of the ceremony, the organization will ignite a 9ft Hanukkah menorah, erected at Niagara Square. The lighting will be followed by a community-wide celebration. The menorah-lighting ...