To get ready for the celebration, here's a primer on Hanukkah's traditional prayers and blessings. Candles are added to the menorah from right to left (the way Hebrew is read), but kindled from ...

The menorah was built in the desert so the high ... Once the candles have been placed, we light the shammash and recite a ...

The Huge Menorah, also called a hanukkiah, is a key symbol during Hanukkah. It’s celebrated as the Festival of Lights. This festival remembers the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after a ...

On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched ... or chanting special blessings. The candles are added ...